-- AVIATION -- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 855 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 .AVIATION...STRATIFORM CLOUD DECK HAS SLOWLY SHIFTED E ON THE MN SIDE AND WAS OVER THE FAR E ZONES. CELLULAR CLOUD DECK FILLED IN MUCH OF THE REST OF THE AREA. TAMDAR SOUNDING HAD COOLER AIR AT LOWER LEVELS TODAY THAN FORECAST BY MODELS AND THUS A LOWER CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE AND MORE AFTERNOON CUMULUS. ------------------------ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS NORTHERN INDIANA 640 AM EST WED JUN 22 2005 .AVIATION... HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER UPR GRTLKS WILL MOVE SE ACROSS CWA INTO THE OH VALLEY BY 12Z THU. PATCH OF AC OVER NE IL/NW INDIANA MAY JUST GRAZE SBN THIS MORNING AS IT MOVES SE ALONG WITH WK SHRTWV. TAMDAR SOUNDINGS FM FWA/SBN THIS MORNING INDICATING VERY DRY AIR JUST ABOVE SFC. EXPECT DEWPOINTS TO DROP WITH SUBSIDENCE/MIXING TODAY SO NO CU EXPECTED AND BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD DRY OUT SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT FOG FORMATION TONIGHT DESPITE DECENT RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS AS RIDGE MOVES SOUTH ACROSS NRN INDIANA.