059  
FXUS63 KGRR 170704  
AFDGRR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI  
304 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- MUCH COOLER WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY AND SCATTERED FROST  
POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 304 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025  
 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE HELD INTO THE 50S TODAY AND SUNDAY WITH  
CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AS A LARGE UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH.  
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN SUNDAY NIGHT AND SKIES SHOULD  
CLEAR WITH SCATTERED FROST POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS  
ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES.  
 
LOW PRESSURE AND MOISTURE RETURNS FOR MID-WEEK BUT THE BULK OF THE  
RAIN COULD STAY SOUTH OF LOWER MICHIGAN. FAIR AND RELATIVELY COOL  
CONDITIONS RETURN LATE WEEK. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING  
THE WEEK.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 137 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025  
 
MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO SATURDAY EVENING AS A STRATUS  
DECK WITH CEILINGS AROUND 2500 TO 3000 FEET PERSISTS. WEST WINDS  
WILL GUST OVER 25 KNOTS INTO THIS EVENING.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
ISSUED AT 304 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025  
 
NO CHANGES TO THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. WINDS AND WAVES WILL  
DIMINISH BY SUNDAY. NORTH WINDS TO 20 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO  
EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
MI...NONE.  
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR LMZ844>849.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...OSTUNO  
AVIATION...OSTUNO  
MARINE...OSTUNO  
 
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