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Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
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677 FXUS63 KDLH 301809 AFDDLH Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Duluth MN 109 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Warm weather with sunshine through Labor Day with areas of fog overnight. - Widespread rain with a mid-week system. Thunderstorms are possible Tuesday and Tuesday night. - Cooler temperatures expected Wednesday through the rest of the week. Frost Advisories may eventually be needed. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 110 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 Expect a pleasant weekend with slightly warmer than normal temperatures in the 70s and 80s. Areas of fog are likely to develop each night and persist into the morning hours, potentially impacting travel. The risk for showers and thunderstorms will increase late Monday ahead of a cold front set to arrive on Tuesday. This slow moving front will bring widespread rainfall (perhaps up to 1 of rainfall in some places) and a period of showers and thunderstorms, a few of which could become strong, marking the most significant weather event of the week before exiting Wednesday. CAPE and shear profiles with this are fairly meager, but height falls aloft will aid in forcing in concert with the front. Similar to a winter system, wrap around showers will linger into Thursday and possibly Friday as the upper low slowly meanders east. A dramatic shift to much colder, autumnal weather accompanies the air mass behind the front which will linger through the end of the week. High temperatures will plummet into the 50s and low 60s. The primary impact will be the overnight cold, with temperatures widely dropping into the 30s. This will likely necessitate Frost Advisories for inland locations away from Lake Superior. The air mass will be cold enough that the first wet snowflakes of the season may mix with rain showers overnight, particularly across the higher terrain of the Northland. This cool, unsettled pattern is expected to continue until a warming trend returns late next weekend. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/... Issued at 1236 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 VFR with local pockets of IFR ceilings from mixing out of the boundary layer this morning. Expect VFR cumulus today with a return of some fog tonight with the highest probably at the southern TAF sites (KHYR & KBRD and to some degree KDLH and KHIB) though good radiational cooling could cause some fog to develop just about anywhere. && .MARINE /FOR NEAR SHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR/... Issued at 110 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 High pressure will remain in place over the region for the next few days. This will keep winds generally less than 10 knots from the southwest. A cold front is forecast to move southeastward across western Lake Superior on Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected with the front and winds will veer northwesterly and increase in speed behind the front. Conditions will become hazardous for small craft for the latter half of next week. For the open water discussion, refer to the NWS Marquette Area Forecast Discussion at weather.gov/mqt. && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...None. WI...None. MARINE...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Wolfe AVIATION...Wolfe MARINE...Wolfe