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FXUS63 KDLH 180543
AFDDLH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1243 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- RAIN RETURNS FRIDAY, THOUGH MOST PLACES WILL NOT SEE MORE
THAN 0.75 INCHES. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THOUGH A
LITTLE THUNDER IS POSSIBLE.
- BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
BEFORE RETURNING TO CLOSE TO NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND.
- ON AND OFF CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 126 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2025
HIGH-PRESSURE CONTINUES TODAY, BRINGING SUN THOUGH DIURNAL
CLOUD COVER HAS DEVELOPED, MAKING IT FEEL MORE CLOUDY. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT, KEEPING TEMPERATURES A BIT COOLER THAN AVERAGE,
TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW 70S. UNFORTUNATELY, WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM
CANADA IS DRIFTING SOUTH, NOTABLY NEAR INTERNATIONAL FALLS,
WHICH HAS PROMPTED AN AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR THE FAR NORTHERN
FORECAST AREA.
FOR FRIDAY, A WEAK LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH OUR
REGION, BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN. MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT
GENERALLY LIGHT RAINFALL, WITH AMOUNTS TYPICALLY UNDER HALF AN
INCH. HOWEVER, SOME LOCALIZED SPOTS COULD SEE SLIGHTLY HIGHER
TOTALS, POSSIBLY REACHING UP TO AN INCH, DEPENDING ON WHERE ANY
HEAVIER SHOWERS DEVELOP WITHIN THE SYSTEM. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM.
RIDGING BUILDS FOR THE WEEKEND SO EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB
INTO THE UPPER 70S AND EVEN LOW 80S, FEELING MUCH CLOSER TO WHAT
WE TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE THIS TIME OF YEAR.
EARLY NEXT WEEK, ANOTHER WEAK RIDGE WILL MOVE IN, PUSHING
TEMPERATURES EVEN HIGHER. WERE LOOKING AT WIDESPREAD 80S,
POSSIBLY EVEN NEARING 90 DEGREES IN OUR SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH MID-WEEK. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF CHANCES
FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS MONDAY ONWARD AS THE WEATHER
REMAINS ACTIVE. WHILE SOME INGREDIENTS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE PRESENT, A CAP IN THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD KEEP
THINGS FROM GETTING OUT OF HAND. WELL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS
FOR ANY CHANGES.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 1243 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2025
PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING, WITH THE AREA OF GREATEST
CONFIDENCE IN REDUCED VISIBILITY BEING AROUND THE IRON RANGE IN FAR
NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA. CURRENT OBS SHOW VISIBILITY MOSTLY AT
MVFR, BUT PERIODS OF IFR AND LIFR FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE.
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE
AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT A GENERAL
TREND OF DECREASING CIGS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY WITHIN HEAVIER
POCKETS OF RAIN.
MARINE /FOR NEAR SHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR/
ISSUED AT 126 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2025
A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE AREA WILL LEAD TO WINDS AT 10
KTS OR LESS AND WAVES LESS THAN 1 FT. SHOWER THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES INCREASE AGAIN FOR WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR EARLY FRIDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED, THOUGH
THERE MAY BE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD-TO-WATER LIGHTNING.
FOR THE OPEN WATER DISCUSSION, REFER TO THE NWS MARQUETTE AREA
FORECAST DISCUSSION AT WEATHER.GOV/MQT.
DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...WOLFE
AVIATION...UNRUH
MARINE...KML
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