Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Issued by NWS Detroit/Pontiac, MI
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292 FXUS63 KDTX 081641 AFDDTX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 1141 AM EST Fri Nov 8 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Dry and breezy today with temperatures at or slightly above early November normals through Saturday. - Rain arrives early Sunday morning as a large low pressure system moves across the Midwest with warming temperatures. - A more seasonable airmass settles in for the first half of next week. && .AVIATION... A shallow moist layer near the top of the inversion will support a few MVFR based diurnal clouds through the early afternoon. Expect there to be some erosion of these clouds during the course of the afternoon with subtle boundary layer growth. 20 knot winds within the shallow daytime mixed layer will sustain some level of gustiness to the winds this afternoon. The onset of nocturnal cooling around 22-23Z will lead to a notable drop in the winds. High pressure will move east across Lower Mi tonight into Saturday morning. This will result in a veering of the low level wind fields from WNW this afternoon to ENE by Saturday morning. Additional moisture flux off the lakes may support some additional MVFR clouds late tonight into the first half of Saturday. DTW THRESHOLD PROBABILITIES... * None && .PREV DISCUSSION... Issued at 357 AM EST Fri Nov 8 2024 DISCUSSION... Mainly clear skies with temperatures starting out in the 40s precedes synoptic-scale eastern Plains ridging that will deflect a deepening longwave trough and its associated jet max toward the east. The encroaching ridge reinforces static stability through much of the column as evidence by 08.00Z KDTX RAOB and upstream soundings. Forecast soundings do hint at a brief period of glancing mid- and upper-level cyclonically induced ascent, but antecedent dryness limits the overall affect to some midday cirrus generation. Within the boundary layer environment, expect a sparse diurnal cumulus response in addition to mechanical mixing. Enhanced westerly H9-H8 flow trends lower with time today as the mixed-layer deepens. Should see an early afternoon peak with gusts in the mid 20 mph range (perhaps upper 20s further north), and revised winds upward, appropriately. Temperature-wise, the warmest potential temperatures aloft lie near the H7 level (INVOF subsidence induced warming), therefore boundary-layer mixing depths peak near the H8 level where temperatures are in the 6-8C range. This translates to highs today in the mid-upper 50s, and near 60F from Metro Detroit toward the Ohio border. Clear skies return overnight as the 1030 mb surface high translates over the Upper Midwest and Upper Peninsula which flips gradient flow easterly into Saturday. Veering winds will promote cold advection with overnight lows dropping below freezing along/north of I-69, except along the lakeshore where potential lake- augment low clouds form. Temperatures rebound efficiently off morning lows Saturday as winds continue to veer, becoming southeasterly as return flow ensues behind the departing surface ridge. Colder low-level environment leads to lower dewpoint depressions and increasing cloud fraction Saturday while dry weather persists for one more day. A large occluded low emerging from rapid lee-cyclogenesis lifts northeast across The Plains and into the Upper Midwest late Saturday night and into Sunday. Expected a well-defined comma head precipitation shield to overspread Southeast Michigan early Sunday morning bringing steady rainfall through midday, before a transition to lighter showers through the rest of the daylight hours. Breezy conditions will accompany the rainfall with stronger winds later in the day as the system`s cold front works through. More seasonable conditions expected Monday and Tuesday in the wake of the low with ample cloud cover and occasional light showers. A clipper system works across central Ontario Monday night driving a secondary cold front through Lower Michigan, albeit with less precipitation. High pressure builds rapidly into the region mid-week flipping to warm advection and southeast flow while unsettled conditions trail. An energetic and perturbed jet stream sends additional shortwaves into the region for the second half of next week. MARINE... Tightened gradient over the central Great Lakes holds through the morning before departing James Bay low pressure allows upper Midwest high pressure to build into the Great Lakes late day. During this timeframe, gusts of 20-25kts remain possible across the region with 25-30kts over the northern half of Lake Huron. A cold front glances the region this afternoon shifting winds to the northwest though still largely maintaining their strengths. This shift likely results in higher wave action along the Thumb nearshore waters requiring another Small Craft Advisory late today into tonight. High pressure then begins to become established this evening resulting in a steady weakening trend in winds. Said high drifts overhead Saturday offering a relatively brief period of light winds. Unsettled weather returns by Sunday as low pressure lifts out of the Plains and through the Great Lakes. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...None. Lake Huron...Small Craft Advisory until 4 AM EST Saturday for LHZ421-441>443. Lake St Clair...None. Michigan waters of Lake Erie...None. && $$ AVIATION.....SC DISCUSSION...KGK MARINE.......KDK You can obtain your latest National Weather Service forecasts online at www.weather.gov/detroit.