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FXUS63 KAPX 121743
AFDAPX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1243 PM EST THU FEB 12 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- EXTENDED PERIOD OF MILD TEMPERATURES BEGINNING FRIDAY AND
EXTENDING INTO NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 118 AM EST THU FEB 12 2026
DRY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY, ALTHOUGH
SUPPOSE A FEW STUBBORN FLURRIES COULD, IN THEORY, LINGER EARLY
THIS MORNING. NONE OF THAT CHANGES THE INCREASINGLY HOSTILE
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY WITH SUBTLE HEIGHT RISES ALOFT AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY, LOWERING INVERSION
HEIGHTS/INSTABILITY/MOISTURE. THUS, DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL
TODAY.
HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO RISE ON FRIDAY, MARKING THE START OF A MILD
STRETCH OF WEATHER ACROSS NORTHERN MI. THAT BEING SAID, QUICK
MOVING SHORT WAVE SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN THE ABOVE NORMAL HEIGHTS
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND A RETROGRADING UPPER LOW ACROSS
WESTERN PORTIONS OF QUEBEC WILL EITHER CLIP, OR MOVE JUST TO
THE EAST OF, NORTHERN MICHIGAN. CURRENT FORECAST HAS PRETTY LOW
POPS ACROSS EASTERN UPPER, BUT QUICK LOOK AT THE ENS PROBS
(GEFS, EPS, GEPS) FOR > 0.01" OF PRECIP ON FRIDAY SUGGESTS AT
LEAST A CHANCE FOR SOME WET SNOW SHOWERS, MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN
UPPER. SHOULD NOT BE IMPACTFUL BUT SOMETHING TO FINE TUNE MOVING
FORWARD.
ANOTHER SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE IN THE VICINITY OF THE GREAT LAKES
REGION DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND, BUT THIS FEATURE
LOOKS MOISTURE STARVED AND/OR POSSIBLY DISPLACED A LITTLE TOO
FAR NORTH FOR ANY MODEST PRECIP. MORE ROBUST ENERGY LOOKS TO
EJECT OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST MID NEXT WEEK WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
IN FACT, CURRENT ENS GUIDANCE HAS A LOW POTENTIAL (~10-40%) FOR
0.5" OF LIQUID OR MORE DURING THIS TIME.
DESPITE A FEW MINOR PERTURBATIONS WITHIN THE FLOW, THE OVERALL THEME
THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE FOR INCREASING HEIGHTS
ALOFT, LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS WITH A MORE SOUTHERLY COMPONENT, AND
SIGNIFICANT TROUGHING ACROSS THE WEST COAST. THUS, MILD TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN WITH HIGHS IN THE 30S AND
40S FRIDAY THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY-MID NEXT WEEK.
RIVER FLOOD CONCERNS DUE TO ICE JAMS ON THE TABLE TO SOME
DEGREE, ESPECIALLY IF HIGH TEMPS RISE INTO THE 40S WITH ICE
JAMS/RELEASES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION, IF HEALTHY RAIN FALLS ON
TOP OF A RIPE SNOW PACK, RIVER RISES WOULD BE EXPECTED AS WELL.
QUICK GLANCE AT THE HEFS 10 DAY RIVER LEVEL PROBS DOES SHOW AT
LEAST SOME POTENTIAL FOR RISES ACROSS AREA RIVERS (PROB DUE TO
THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN ON SNOW MELT). ANYHOW, JUST SOMETHING TO
MONITOR GOING FORWARD.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/
ISSUED AT 1227 PM EST THU FEB 12 2026
ONGOING MVFR CIG'S AT KMBL AND KAPN WILL CLEAR THIS EVENING. ALL
TAF SITES WILL REMAIN VFR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. MVFR
CIG'S AND VSBY'S RETURN TO KCIU FRIDAY MORNING AS -SHSN MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION. KAPN AND KPLN WILL LIKELY HAVE PERIODS OF
MVFR CIG'S THIS FRIDAY WHILE KTVC AND KMBL WILL REMAIN VFR
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MI...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...JLD
AVIATION...SJC
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