Early showers, then drier near 48; dry all week, highs near 60 by Monday
A chance of showers (60%) today, high near 48; scattered showers (30%) tonight, low around 37; then dry all week, highs near 60 by Monday, with no watches, warnings or advisories for La Porte County.
An early shower is possible, then it's mostly dry. Today, NWS says: A chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Tonight: Scattered rain showers before 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 30%. The La Porte airport at 4:35 a.m.: light drizzle and fog and 45.
Dry Saturday through Wednesday, highs 49 to 60.
What changed in NWS's forecast since yesterday's Scoop: the rain is out of Saturday's forecast (it was 30%) and tonight's chance of rain is now 30% (from 50%). NWS Northern Indiana forecasters' key messages this morning: "Scattered to numerous lake effect rain showers today into tonight, mainly for areas west of Interstate 69 in northern IN and southwest MI." "Cool and breezy today into Saturday with highs near 50 degrees." Yesterday we said a high of 56; the La Porte airport got 54.
Right now there are no watches, warnings or advisories for La Porte County or for Porter and Lake counties next door. SPC shows no thunderstorm or severe risk here through Sunday, and WPC shows no flooding-rain risk at La Porte through Tuesday.
Our forecast on record
- Saturday, Nov. 7: high 49, low 35, % chance of rain
- Sunday, Nov. 8: high 58, low 34, % chance of rain
We check these against the La Porte airport weather station (KPPO) after each day, and never change them. See how they held up.
Sources
Forecasts and warnings come from the National Weather Service office for Northern Indiana; La Porte Weather Now explains them and never issues its own warnings. For what's happening now, see today's La Porte forecast and the Emergency view.
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