398  
FXUS63 KAPX 132337  
AFDAPX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
737 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.  
 
- COOLER TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING AGAIN LATE  
IN THE WEEK.  
 
- BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/
 
 
ISSUED AT 223 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2025  
 
PATTERN SYNOPSIS/FORECAST: EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, CLOSED UPPER-LEVEL  
LOW PRESSURE SITS NEAR THE MANITOBA/ONTARIO BORDER WITH ATTENDANT  
SFC LOW PRESSURE NEARING HUDSON BAY. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT DRAPED TO  
THE SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN ONTARIO, THE CENTRAL U.P. INTO EASTERN WI.  
THIS BOUNDARY WILL MAKE SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS ACROSS NORTHERN MI  
EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY DECAYING SHOWER  
CHANCES.  
 
IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM, UPPER-LEVEL HEIGHTS BUILD WITH UPSTREAM  
SFC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND  
NORTHERN GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY NIGHT, LOW PRESSURE  
BEGINS TO SHOW SIGNS OF MATERIALIZING LEE OF THE ROCKIES WITH A  
DEVELOPING WARM FRONT STRETCHED FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE MID-MS  
VALLEY. INCREASED ISENTROPIC ASCENT NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY, DESPITE  
PALTRY MOISTURE, MAY YIELD ANOTHER LOW END SHOWER CHANCE TUESDAY  
NIGHT.  
 
FORECAST DETAILS: AS EXPECTED, SHOWERS REALLY STRUGGLING WITH  
EASTWARD EXTENT ACROSS NORTHERN MI SO FAR TODAY, WITH THE PRIMARY  
AXIS OF ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY HAVING BEEN STUCK UPSTREAM OVER PARTS OF  
NORTHEAST WI AND CENTRAL U.P. WHILE SHOWER CHANCES DO GRADUALLY  
BUILD FARTHER EAST INTO PARTS OF NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN  
UPPER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, NOT  
REALLY APPEARING TO BE MUCH HOPE FOR MEANINGFUL RAIN AMOUNTS.  
OTHERWISE, WINDS TURN NORTHWESTERLY POST FROPA TONIGHT WITH LOWS  
LARGELY IN THE 40S AREA-WIDE. SOME LOW PROBABILITIES FOR AT  
LEAST PATCHY FOG ONCE AGAIN, BUT HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON OVERNIGHT  
CLOUD TRENDS AND THE ABILITY FOR WINDS TO DECOUPLE AFTER VEERING  
OUT OF THE NORTHWEST.  
 
ANY TUESDAY MORNING FOG/STRATUS SHOULD AGAIN GRADUALLY BURN OFF/MIX  
OUT WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES ANTICIPATED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH  
TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE A GOOD 10+ DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY IN MANY  
AREAS -- LARGELY SPANNING THE 50S -- SAVE FOR SOME LOW-MID 60S  
CREEPING IN NEAR SAGINAW BAY.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 223 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2025  
 
DAY 3-4 (WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY):  
 
HIGH PRESSURE LARGELY IN CONTROL THROUGH THE MIDWEEK TIMEFRAME.  
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S.  
CHILLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH GROWING PROBABILITIES FOR SOME OF THE  
TYPICALLY COLDER ICEBOX LOCATIONS TO FALL TO NEAR 20 F FOR A LOW  
TEMP WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
WINDS TURN OUT OF THE SOUTH THURSDAY WITH DAYTIME HIGHS REBOUNDING A  
HANDFUL OF DEGREES. INCREASING CLOUDS TO BE THE RULE, ESPECIALLY LATE  
IN THE DAY, IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER ROUND OF ISENTROPICALLY DRIVEN  
PRECIP THAT MAY CROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT.  
 
DAY 5-7 (FRIDAY - SUNDAY): BY LATE IN THE WEEK, LOW PRESSURE IS  
EXPECTED TO BE SITUATED NEAR THE MANITOBA/ONTARIO BORDER WITH  
THURSDAY NIGHT'S WARM FRONT POSITIONED WELL TO THE NORTH. TEMPS  
CREEP UP ANOTHER FEW DEGREES FOR FRIDAY BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF  
SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER BECOMES INCREASINGLY  
LIKELY SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MAKES HEADWAY WEST TO EAST ACROSS  
THE GREAT LAKES. COOLER AGAIN BEHIND THAT BOUNDARY WITH POTENTIAL  
FOR LAKE EFFECT/ENHANCED RAIN SHOWERS TO WRAP UP THE TAIL END OF THE  
WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 736 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2025  
 
SLOW MOVING, WEAK FRONT DRAPED FROM SW WI TO THE CENTRAL U.P. THIS  
EVENING TO SLOWLY PIVOT DOWN INTO NORTHERN LOWER MI WITH TIME  
TONIGHT...AND EXPECT WIND SHIFT FROM LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO NW 5-10KTS  
BETWEEN 03-08Z STARTING AT CIU FIRST; COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 15-  
20KTS WITH THE FRONT BUT LEFT THIS IDEA OUT FOR NOW. LIGHT/ISOLATED  
SHRA AND/OR -DZ THROUGH ABOUT 4-6Z WITH A DIP TO MVFR CIGS WITH THE  
FRONT OVERHEAD; SHRA/DZ MORE LIKELY AT CIU AND PLN. DO STILL HAVE  
CONCERNS ABOUT FOG TONIGHT AT ALL SITES DESPITE FRONT DROPPING THRU,  
AND HAVE THIS IDEA IN THE TAFS AGAIN...BOTH EARLY ON THIS EVENING  
AND AGAIN BEHIND THE FRONT OVERNIGHT, BUT NOT SURE IT WILL BE AS  
MUCH AS LAST NIGHT. LOW MOISTURE TO MIX OUT IN THE MORNING WITH  
15KFT+ CLOUD DECK SLIDING OVERHEAD THROUGH THE DAY; THINK SOME  
DAYTIME CUMULUS (BASES AROUND 2-5KFT) WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY  
THOUGH. WINDS STAY UP FROM THE N THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  
 

 
   
APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
MI...NONE.  
MARINE...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...MJG  
LONG TERM...MJG  
AVIATION...FEF  
 
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