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FXUS63 KAPX 081741
AFDAPX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
141 PM EDT WED APR 8 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- RAIN/SNOW CHANCES EXIT THIS AFTERNOON, FOLLOWED BY ADDITIONAL RAIN
CHANCES TONIGHT.
- BRIEF RAIN/SNOW CHANCES EARLY FRIDAY, ESPECIALLY NEAR/SOUTH OF M-
72; OTHERWISE, MAINLY DRY FRIDAY-SATURDAY WITH MODERATING
TEMPERATURES.
- SPRING-LIKE WARMTH SUNDAY-MONDAY, ACCOMPANIED BY RENEWED RAIN
CHANCES (LOCALLY HEAVY IN SPOTS) THAT MAY LINGER THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK. WATCHING POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED LOCALIZED FLOODING
CONCERNS.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 139 PM EDT WED APR 8 2026
PATTERN SYNOPSIS/FORECAST: VERTICALLY STACKED ~1002MB LOW PRESSURE
SITS OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISENTROPICALLY
DRIVEN RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS PROGRESSING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MI.
LOW PRESSURE DRIFTS ACROSS ONTARIO THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THIS
SYSTEM'S COLD FRONT BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL BAND OF RAIN TONIGHT.
THIS BOUNDARY SETTLES TO OUR SOUTH ON THURSDAY, PROVIDING THE FOCUS
FOR ADDITIONAL ENERGY AND ASSOCIATED PRECIP CHANCES TO RIDE ALONG
LATER THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING, PERHAPS GRAZING SOUTHERN AREAS
OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN/SNOW CHANCES.
MID-UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE LATER IN THE DAY FRIDAY WITH
EXPANSIVE ~1035MB HIGH PRESSURE SAGGING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. HIGH
PRESSURE BECOMES CENTERED SQUARELY OVERHEAD SATURDAY MORNING WITH
MODERATING TEMPERATURES. SPRING-LIKE WARMTH ANTICIPATED FOR SUNDAY
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, ALBEIT WITH CONTINUED SIGNALS FOR A RETURN OF
ACTIVE WEATHER AND POTENTIALLY PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AT
TIMES, WHICH MAY EXACERBATE FLOODING ISSUES ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN
MI.
FORECAST DETAILS:
INITIAL WARM ADVECTION DRIVEN SNOW/RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE TO SLIDE
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON -- EXPECTED TO
LARGELY EXIT AREA-WIDE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME ADDITIONAL
MINOR SNOW ACCUM LIKELY IN THE EASTERN U.P. SIGHTS TURN
UPSTREAM TO AN ADDITIONAL BAND OF RAIN EXPECTED TO CROSS
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MI TONIGHT AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM'S APPROACHING COLD FRONT. NEW QPF AMOUNTS TONIGHT FAVORED
BETWEEN A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH WITH HIGHEST PROBABILITIES
FOR LESS THAN THAT ACROSS FAR EAST/SOUTHEASTERN AREAS. A FAIRLY
TRANQUIL DAY EXPECTED TO FOLLOW FOR THURSDAY, ALTHOUGH SUPPOSE
THERE'S NON- ZERO CHANCES FOR A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS TO LINGER
ACROSS PARTS OF THE EASTERN U.P. -- TOO LOW OF CHANCES TO
EXPLICITLY INCLUDE IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. HIGH TEMPS
THURSDAY LARGELY IN THE 40S, WITH SOME 50S IN DOWNSLOPING AREAS
OF NORTHEAST LOWER.
BY LATER THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, FOCUS TURNS TO
APPROACHING UPSTREAM ENERGY AND ATTENDANT PRECIP CHANCES THAT SHOULD
LARGELY FOCUS NEAR THE QUASI STATIONARY BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH. BEST
CHANCES LOCALLY FOR SOME INCONSEQUENTIAL RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS DURING
THIS TIME FRAME ARE LARGELY NEAR AND SOUTH OF M-72, WITH HIGHEST
CHANCES FOCUSED SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN WI/NORTHERN IL AND SOUTHERN MI.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIKELY TO BE A CHILLY ONE ACROSS NORTHERN MI AS
UPSTREAM HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE OVERHEAD. LOWS LIKELY IN THE
20S FOR MOST, BUT SOME TEENS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE IN THE TYPICALLY
COLDER SPOTS. THIS PRIOR TO ONE OF THOSE OFTEN FLEETING SPECTACULAR
SPRING DAYS ON SATURDAY, FEATURING FULL SUNSHINE AND AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID-UPPER 40S FAR NORTH AND FROM THE
THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER.
LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, UPPER HIGH BUILDS ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST CONUS WITH TROUGHING BECOMING EVIDENT OVER THE WESTERN
THIRD OF THE COUNTRY. MOISTURE/INSTABILITY LIKELY TO ADVECT
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE NATION'S MIDSECTION WITH PWS OVER AN INCH AND
DEW POINTS IN THE 50S LOCALLY BY LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, ALL WHILE
TEMPERATURES CRUISE INTO THE 60S FOR MOST AREAS SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE
(50S NORTH). WITH SEVERAL WAVES OF ENERGY PROGGED TO TREK THROUGH
THE CENTRAL CONUS DURING THIS LATE WEEKEND - EARLY/MID NEXT WEEK
TIME FRAME, WILL BE MONITORING POTENTIAL FOR INCREASING RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES -- SOME OF WHICH MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES AND
POTENTIALLY EXACERBATE LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES/SWOLLEN RIVERS WHEN
COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SNOW MELT (ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FAR NORTH
AND INTERIOR NORTHERN LOWER).
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 641 AM EDT WED APR 8 2026
CURRENTLY VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT ALL TERMINALS WITH SKC.
SKIES WILL BECOME BKN-OVC AROUND 10 KFT AS AN INITIAL WAVE OF
PRECIP (-RASN) APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. S/SE WINDS WILL
STRENGTHEN TO 10 TO 15KTS WITH FREQUENT G20 TO G25KTS AFTER 16Z.
SKIES WILL BECOME SCT-BKN AROUND 3 TO 4KFT AFTER 18Z. ANOTHER
ROUND OF PRECIP (-RA/RA) WILL MOVE THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST,
REACHING KMBL BY 03Z. TIMES OF MVFR CIGS AND VIS ARE POSSIBLE
DURING RA. LOW LEVEL WS WILL BE SEEN AT ALL TERMINALS AFTER 00Z
DUE TO STRONGER LLJ. PRECIP AND WINDS WILL EXIT NEAR THE END OF
THE PERIOD.
APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MI...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR LHZ345>349.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR LMZ323-341-342-
344>346.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR LSZ321-322.
DISCUSSION...MJG
AVIATION...ELD
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