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FNUS73 KDTX 241152
FWSDTX
SPOT FORECAST FOR DEFORD OAK...MIDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
752 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SHOWERS HAVE ISOLATED COVERAGE MID TO LATE MORNING
AS HUMIDITY INCREASES AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT, THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ISOLATED STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND BRING
LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS. DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED
THIS WEEKEND AS BROAD HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS SOUTH INTO THE GREAT
LAKES.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
MORNING SHOWERS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
DEWPOINT............INCREASING TO AROUND 55.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL....GOOD (MAX...362).
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM
SKY (%)..........50 45 54 66 69 61 66 70
WEATHER COV...... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE..... RW RW RW RW RW RW
TEMP.............63 66 68 69 71 72 70 69
RH...............68 65 63 65 62 59 60 65
EYE LVL WND DIR. SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD. 6 7 8 7 8 8 10 10
EYE LVL WND GST. 12 13 13 14 14 16 16 17
MIX HGT (KFT)....1.1 1.3 1.8 2.3 1.9 2.4 2.0 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR..SE S S S S S SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD..12 13 15 17 15 17 17 20
SMOKE DISPER......11 14 24 34 25 36 31 25
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG LATE IN
THE EVENING. PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 21 MPH...BECOMING NORTH AROUND 7 MPH
AFTER 3 AM.
DEWPOINT............54...DECREASING TO 49 OVERNIGHT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 17 MPH...DIMINISHING TO 6 TO 7 MPH IN
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THEN BECOMING
NORTH AROUND 6 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 17 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND
8 MPH OVERNIGHT, THEN BECOMING NORTH 9 TO 10
MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL....POOR (MIN...70).
TIME (EDT) 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT
SKY (%)..........78 92 92 91 91 93
WEATHER COV......DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
WEATHER TYPE.....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP.............67 61 58 56 54 51
RH...............68 83 87 88 88 88
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE N
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 7 6 6 6 6
EYE LVL WND GST.17 14 14 12 11 11
MIX HGT (KFT)....1400 1000 1100 800 1000 1000
TRANSP WIND DIR..SE SE S S SW N
TRANSP WIND SPD..17 17 15 13 8 9
SMOKE DISPER......21 15 15 8 7 8
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
DEWPOINT............44...DECREASING TO 40 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 12 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL....GOOD (MAX...387).
TIME (EDT) 2 AM 5 AM 8 AM 11 AM
SKY (%)..........89 92 78 63
WEATHER COV......
WEATHER TYPE.....NONE NONE NONE NONE
TEMP.............48 46 48 49
RH...............93 88 81 74
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N NE
EYE LVL WND SPD.6 6 8 10
EYE LVL WND GST.12 13 14 17
MIX HGT (KFT)....1100 1300 1700 2600
MIXNG WIND......N 12 N 14 N 15 N 17
SMOKE DISPER......11 16 23 39
FORECASTER...TILLEY
REQUESTED BY...JEFF VASHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2611574.0/DTX
.DELDT 04/24/26
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.EMAIL VASHERJ@MICHIGAN.GOV
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