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FXUS63 KAPX 311814
AFDAPX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
214 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- ELEVATED FIRE DANGER AGAIN MONDAY.
- WARM TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED DRY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK
BEFORE EVENTUAL SHOWER/STORM CHANCES RETURN LATE THURSDAY INTO THE
WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 214 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2026
PATTERN SYNOPSIS/FORECAST: VERY LITTLE CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY'S
THINKING WITH AMPLIFIED UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN IN PLACE ACROSS NOAM
THROUGH MIDWEEK. NORTHERN MI CONTINUES TO FIND ITSELF IN THE
VICINITY OF THE TROUGH/RIDGE INTERFACE, FAVORING SUBSIDENCE ALOFT
AND REINFORCING CANADIAN-ORIGINATED SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SAGGING
INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. LATEST TRENDS FAVOR THIS PATTERN
BEGINNING TO BREAK DOWN BEGINNING TUESDAY WITH DOWNSTREAM TROUGHING
EXITING OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC AND UPSTREAM RIDGING TREKKING EAST
INTO THE GREAT LAKES FOR WEDNESDAY. PATTERN EVENTUALLY BECOMES MORE
FAVORABLE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES LATE IN THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND
FOR RENEWED SHOWER/STORM CHANCES.
FORECAST DETAILS: LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SENSIBLE WEATHER IS
ANTICIPATED THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK ACROSS NORTHERN MI WITH MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES AND SEASONABLY WARM DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. PRIMARY FOCUS
THROUGH THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE CONTINUED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WITH
LITTLE RECENT RAINFALL, LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND OCCASIONAL
DAYTIME GUSTINESS. HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY LARGELY IN
THE 70S TO LOW 80S AREA-WIDE. WHILE SOME PATCHY FROST WAS OBSERVED
LAST NIGHT ACROSS THE TYPICALLY COLDER INTERIOR SPOTS, THINK CHANCES
FOR THIS ARE LOWER TONIGHT, BUT MAY INCREASE AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT/
TUESDAY MORNING WITH 30-35+ DEGREE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE SWINGS
LIKELY. RAW STATISTICAL GUIDANCE, WHICH OFTEN HANDLES THESE
EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHTS FAR BETTER THAN BLENDED
GUIDANCE, DEPICTS THIS WELL WITH OUR TYPICALLY COLDER SPOTS
POTENTIALLY FALLING INTO THE LOW 30S MONDAY NIGHT.
SLOW UPWARD TEMPERATURE TREND ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY AS
AFOREMENTIONED RIDGING FOLDS OVERHEAD. WEDNESDAY'S HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S TO MID 80S AWAY FROM THE LAKESHORES WITH THE WARMEST DAY
OF THE WEEK LIKELY THURSDAY WITH LOTS OF MID-UPPER 80S FOR NORTHERN
LOWER AND UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S IN THE EASTERN U.P. FIRE WEATHER
ISSUES MAY PERSIST THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME AS WELL. DESPITE PLENTY
OF UNCERTAINTY WITH COVERAGE/INTENSITY, AT LEAST SCATTERED SHOWER/
STORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT, AND AT TIMES
THROUGH THE WEEKEND, AS SOUTHWEST FLOW GRADUALLY DRAWS IN MORE
MOISTURE LOCALLY, WITH OCCASIONAL WAVES MAKING HEADWAY ACROSS THE
PLAINS, UPPER MS VALLEY, INTO THE GREAT LAKES.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 113 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2026
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LIMITED CLOUD COVER
AND VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE TAF PERIOD. ONSHORE
WINDS WILL CHANGE DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LAKE BREEZE
PROCESSES BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. MONDAY
MORNING WINDS TURN ENE BEFORE BUILDING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
IN THE UPPER TEENS/LOW 20S.
APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MI...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...MJG
AVIATION...SJC
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