673  
FXUS63 KGRR 291104  
AFDGRR  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI  
704 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- FAIR AND COOL WEEKEND  
 
- NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN IS WEDNESDAY  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 320 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2025  
 
- FAIR AND COOL WEEKEND  
 
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES OVER THE  
WEEKEND WITH DRY AND COOL WEATHER. LOWS TONIGHT WILL AGAIN FALL  
INTO THE UPPER 30S ACROSS THE INTERIOR COLD HOLLOWS WITH 40S  
ELSEWHERE. THERE WILL BE A SLOW MODIFICATION OF TEMPERATURES  
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 
- NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN IS WEDNESDAY  
 
AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF UPPER HEIGHT RISES AND RIDGING EARLY NEXT  
WEEK, ANOTHER UPPER LOW DIVES SOUTHEAST FROM CANADA AND CARVES  
OUT A LONGWAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONUS BY LATE  
IN THE WEEK. THE TROUGH AXIS AND A SURFACE LOW TRAILING A COLD  
FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH SHOWERS AND  
POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DIURNALLY DRIVEN  
SHOWERS WITH SOME LAKE ENHANCEMENT ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY INTO  
FRIDAY WITH THE UPPER LOW PROVIDING STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 704 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2025  
 
EARLY MORNING STRATUS AND SHALLOW GROUND FOG WILL DISSIPATE AND  
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE  
NORTH LESS THAN 10 KNOTS.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 320 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2025  
 
WINDS AND WAVES ARE DIMINISHING AND THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND  
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT ARE CANCELLED. WAVES AND WINDS WILL  
REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH LABOR DAY. WATER TEMPERATURES IN  
THE 50S CAN BE EXPECTED AS UPWELLING FOLLOWS A STRETCH OF NORTH TO  
NORTHEAST WINDS.  
 
 
   
GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
MI...NONE.  
MARINE...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...OSTUNO  
AVIATION...OSTUNO  
MARINE...OSTUNO  
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