Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
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334 FXUS63 KAPX 220445 AFDAPX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1145 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Lake effect/induced rain showers continue through portions of the weekend. - Rain and snow next week with colder temperatures. && .UPDATE... Issued at 925 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 Low pressure now centered along the Michigan/Indiana border is in the process of transferring energy to a deeper/main low centered off the Atlantic coast. Northerly low level flow is becoming better established across the Western Great Lakes...and combined with sufficiently cold air...is in the process of producing scattered lake-induced rain showers targeting our Lakes Michigan and Huron shoreline areas. This precip will continue to become better established during the overnight hours...with some light snow possibly mixing in with a few light rain showers if they happen to reach further inland where temps will be slightly cooler. No snow accumulation is expected in these areas. Have made some minor adjustments to precip type based on slightly cooler temps now thru the next few hours. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... Issued at 226 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 Dry slotting firmly overhead as breaks in the clouds have resulted in peeks of sun. Combined with warm grounds, short work has been made of last night`s snowfall across the interior elevations. Low pressure exiting to the south will drag additional vorticity and moisture across the region, which, with convergent flow at the surface, should be just enough to force off some lake effect convection (in the form of rain) later tonight and into tomorrow as winds turn more northerly. Not an obnoxious amount of QPF expected from this lake effect activity, with the majority of the rainfall being confined to west of US 131 and east of M-33 in northern lower, and west of the Soo in the eastern Yoop due to the northerly flow. Most spots see anywhere from 0.05-0.15" of rainfall. This activity will taper some in the afternoon hours on Friday as forcing becomes a bit more disjointed and low level lapse rates wane. Result will be a transition to an occasionally drizzly regime with time later Friday afternoon for the lake effect areas, with the interior of northern lower largely holding overcast and dry. Temps tonight range from near 32 inland, to near 40 along the lakeshores. Temps Friday hold in the 40s. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... Issued at 226 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 Pattern Forecast: At the start of the period Friday night, shortwave mid-level ridging is expected to be nosing into northern Michigan sandwiched between two closed mid-upper level low pressure systems -- one over the eastern seaboard and the other over far northern Manitoba making eastern headway to near Hudson Bay. Nevertheless, a sufficient over-water thermal gradient and energy pinwheeling around that system to our north likely to continue precip chances, at least in the lake belts. A general reprieve expected this weekend under higher surface pressures and a weak warm advection regime. Potential for a return of more active weather arrives early next week and continues at times through the remainder of the long-term (and beyond) as latest trends continue to support a system or two spinning up lee of the Rockies and trekking through the middle of the country, along with more notable arctic air spilling into the Great Lakes. Forecast Details: Lake effect/enhanced showers expected to continue Friday night, especially in the typical lake belts of eastern upper and northwest lower. Primary p-type expected to be rain, but forecast thermal profiles aren`t too far off from mixing with some snow across the higher terrain. Isolated to scattered rain shower chances continue Saturday across those same areas, albeit in a slowly diminishing fashion with warm low-mid level warm advection expected to become more robust Saturday evening and overnight. Early next week (Monday/early Tuesday timeframe), ensemble trends still favor lee side cyclogenesis over the Plains with low pressure trekking across the Great Lakes region. Plenty of uncertainties with respect to the details, although rain potentially changing to some backside snow seems like a reasonable solution at this point. Beyond this early week system, ensemble means still point toward ridging building off the west coast, establishing cross polar flow with colder air sinking south into the northern tier of the CONUS. If this trend holds, several opportunities for snow, both system and lake effect, would seem to be on tap for mid-late next week. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/... Issued at 1145 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 Deep low pressure pivoting around the NE US will transfer energy off the Atlantic Coast...leaving Michigan under northerly low level flow and sufficiently cold air to generate lake enhanced rain showers over the next 24 hours. Prevailing conditions will remain low VFR/MVFR overnight thru Friday night...with the most persistent rain showers focused along our Lakes Michigan and Huron shoreline areas. Surface winds will remain from the north at around 10 kts overnight...strengthening to 15 to 25 kts Friday into Friday night. && .APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 10 PM EST Friday for LHZ345>349. Small Craft Advisory until 1 AM EST Saturday for LMZ323-341- 342-344>346. Small Craft Advisory until 7 PM EST Friday for LSZ321-322. && $$ UPDATE...MLR SHORT TERM...HAD LONG TERM...MJG AVIATION...MLR