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FXUS63 KMQT 180955
AFDMQT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
455 AM EST MON NOV 18 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL BRING A ROUND OF
RAIN TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH A RAIN/SNOW MIX CHANGING OVER TO
MOSTLY ALL SNOW BY WED NIGHT.
- BREEZY CONDITIONS AND ON AND OFF RAIN/SNOW CHANCES CONTINUE THE
REST OF THE WORK WEEK WITH THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT
LAKES.
- NEXT GALE COMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AND THIS WILL BE A
STRONG GALE ON LAKE SUPERIOR.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON/
ISSUED AT 454 AM EST MON NOV 18 2024
SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS MORNING HAS UPPER MICHIGAN SITUATED
UNDER A MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED
OVER LOWER MICHIGAN. AND, UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS,
RADIATIONAL COOLING IS THE MAIN FOCUS. CURRENTLY, GROUND-BASED
OBS ACROSS THE AREA ARE REPORTING WIDESPREAD MID TO UPPER 20S
ACROSS MUCH OF THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE U.P. LAKESHORE AREAS,
HOWEVER, ARE MAINLY IN THE 30S, AND COPPER HARBOR AND GRAND
MARAIS ARE THE MOST EXTREME OUTLIERS AT 42 DEGREES. WEAK WAA,
THOUGH, AHEAD OF A SOUTHERN PLAINS CLOSED LOW WILL HELP PUSH
TODAY'S HIGHS INTO THE LOW TO MID 50S WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE
MOST OF THE DAY. AN UPTICK IN CLOUD COVER FROM THE SOUTH WILL
COMMENCE LATE IN THE DAY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED CLOSED LOW TRACKS
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 326 AM EST MON NOV 18 2024
UPPER AIR PATTERN CONSISTS OF A 500 MB TROUGH IN THE WESTERN U.S.
AND A NEGATIVE TILTED SHORTWAVE IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS 00Z TUE. THIS
NEGATIVE TILTED SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
12Z TUE WITH TROUGHING IN THE ROCKIES AND THEN GETS ABSORBED INTO
THIS TROUGH AS A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS 00Z WED.
THIS CLOSED LOW THEN HEADS SOUTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN 00Z THU AND
TO SOUTHERN LAKE HURON BY 12Z THU. DEEPER MOISTURE AND 850-500 MB Q-
VECTOR CONVERGENCE MOVES INTO THE AREA BY 06Z TUE AND THIS LASTS
INTO TUE BEFORE THE MOISTURE MOVES OUT 06Z WED BEFORE RETURNING FROM
THE EAST 18Z WED INTO 12Z THU. COLD AIR STARTS TO MOVE IN LATE TUE
NIGHT INTO THE FAR WEST WHERE SNOW WILL MIX INTO WITH THE RAIN. WED
MORNING, THERE WILL BE A RAIN AND SNOW MIX ACROSS THE WEST HALF OF
THE U.P. AND THEN THE AIR GETS COLD ENOUGH FOR A CHANGEOVER TO ALL
SNOW FOR MOST OF THE AREA WED NIGHT. COULD SEE UP TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW ON GRASSY AREAS FROM WED INTO WED NIGHT WITH THE MAJORITY OF IT
COMING WED NIGHT IN A FEW PLACES.
IN THE EXTENDED, THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A STRONG AND ALMOST
VERTICALLY STACKED CLOSED 500 MB LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH IN THE
GREAT LAKES REGION 12Z THU WHICH MOVES TO NEW ENGLAND BY 12Z FRI AND
REMAINS THERE INTO 12Z SAT. RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE ROCKIES 12Z FRI.
TROUGHING MOVES INTO THE WESTERN U.S. 12Z SUN WITH A SHORTWAVE IN
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WHICH MOVES INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES 12Z MON.
TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/
ISSUED AT 1238 AM EST MON NOV 18 2024
A DRY AIR MASS HAS ARRIVED OVER THE AREA, AND IT WILL LINGER TODAY,
ALLOWING VFR TO CONTINUE AT IWD/CMX/SAW. AT CMX, WINDS GUSTING TO 20-
25KT INITIALLY WILL FALL OFF TO UNDER 10KT OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE,
EXPECT WINDS GENERALLY UNDER 10KT THRU TODAY AT ALL TERMINALS. LOW
PRES LIFTING NNE TOWARD MINNESOTA TONIGHT WILL SPREAD RAIN INTO
UPPER MI. THIS RAIN SHOULD ARRIVE AT IWD BY LATE EVENING AND AT
CMX/SAW NEAR OR JUST BEYOND THIS FCST PERIOD. WITH THE RAIN, CIGS
MAY FALL TO MVFR AT IWD TOWARD 06Z. OTHERWISE, ALL TERMINALS WILL
SEE CIGS FALL THRU MVFR TO IFR BEYOND THIS FCST PERIOD. LLWS WILL
DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT IF SFC WINDS CAN REMAIN
DECOUPLED FROM WINDS THAT WILL INCREASE TO 40-50KT AT 2000FT.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 326 AM EST MON NOV 18 2024
A LOW LIFTS FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND HEADS TOWARDS THE CANADIAN
PRAIRIES/UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE NEXT GALE
EVENT WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT AND THIS WILL BE STRONGER THAN THE
PREVIOUS ONE AND A GALE WARNING FOR THE WHOLE LAKE HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WINDS LESS THAN 20 KNOTS THIS
MORNING INCREASE RAPIDLY TO 30 KNOTS BY LATE EVENING AND THEN EAST
TO SOUTHEAST GALES UP TO 45 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY. WINDS THEN DROP DOWN TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATE TUE NIGHT. AS
THE LOW DIGS BACK TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY TO
THURSDAY, SOME STRONGER WINDS LOOK TO RETURN BY THURSDAY WITH WINDS
AT LEAST UP TO 30 KNOTS AND POSSIBLE GALES THEN.
MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
UPPER MICHIGAN...
NONE.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
GALE WARNING FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 1 PM EST /NOON
CST/ TUESDAY FOR LSZ162.
GALE WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY FOR LSZ242>244-263-
264.
GALE WARNING FROM 5 AM TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY FOR LSZ246>248.
GALE WARNING FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY FOR LSZ251.
GALE WARNING FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM EST TUESDAY FOR LSZ265.
GALE WARNING FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY FOR LSZ266-267.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
GALE WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY FOR LMZ221-248-250.
SHORT TERM...TDUD
LONG TERM...07
AVIATION...ROLFSON
MARINE...07
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