Mostly sunny near 62; Special Weather Statement until 6 a.m., rain possible Saturday

Automatic update, 9:02 p.m.: The Special Weather Statement for La Porte County has ended. Since the Scoop below was written, NWS has added a 20% chance of rain for tonight. At 8:35 p.m. the La Porte airport reported cloudy and 54 degrees. There are no watches, warnings, or advisories for La Porte County right now.

NWS has a Special Weather Statement for La Porte County until 6 a.m. today. Today, NWS says: Areas of fog before 6 a.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. The La Porte airport at 4:35 a.m.: clear and 41.

Saturday through Tuesday: a chance of showers at times (20 to 50%), highs 60 to 70. Wednesday: showers likely (60%), high near 67; Wednesday night a chance of showers (50%). The models disagree on Saturday's high and Sunday's high, so those are less certain.

What changed since yesterday's Scoop: NWS has since issued a Special Weather Statement, the rain is out of tonight's forecast (it was 40%) and Saturday night's chance of rain is now 20% (from 40%). NWS Northern Indiana forecasters' key messages this morning: "Patchy dense fog early this morning." "Not as warm today through the weekend with highs in the low- to-mid 60s." Yesterday we said a high of 72 and a low of 49; the La Porte airport got 72 and 45.

Right now NWS has a Special Weather Statement for La Porte County until 6 a.m. today. We pass these along as NWS issues them; details and updates are at weather.gov/iwx. SPC shows no thunderstorm or severe risk here through Sunday, and WPC shows no flooding-rain risk at La Porte through Tuesday.