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FXUS63 KMQT 221709
AFDMQT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1209 PM EST FRI NOV 22 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- LIGHT LAKE EFFECT RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FOR MAINLY THE
EAST HALF OF THE U.P. TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. LITTLE TO NO
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
- ACTIVE WEATHER WITH CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW RETURN NEXT
WEEK. TEMPERATURES TREND TO AROUND TO BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON/
ISSUED AT 239 AM EST FRI NOV 22 2024
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RAP ANALYSIS A LARGE MID-LEVEL LOW CENTERED
OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. UPPER MI IS ON THE NW EDGE OF THAT
CIRCULATION. AT THE SFC, LOW PRES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID-LEVEL LOW
IS OVER CT WHILE A HIGH PRES RIDGE SPANS THE PLAINS STATES. THIS IS
RESULTING IN LOW-LEVEL NORTHERLY FLOW ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND UPPER
MI EARLY THIS MORNING. LATEST RAP SOUNDINGS INDICATE TEMPS AT BASE
OF INVERSION AT 850 TO 800MB ARE CURRENTLY AROUND -5C, MARGINAL FOR
LAKE EFFECT PCPN. WITH ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND UPSLOPING
NORTHERLY WINDS, THE RESULT IS SATURATED CONDITIONS BELOW INVERSION
WITH -RA/-DZ BEING OBSERVED ACROSS MANY AREAS OF WESTERN AND
NORTHERN UPPER MI. CURRENT TEMPS ARE IN THE UPPER 30S AND LWR 40S F.
OVERALL, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE OCCURS TODAY WITH RESPECT TO THE
LOW-LEVEL TEMP AND MOISTURE PROFILE, THOUGH INVERSION DOES LOWER
OVER THE W. LOW-LEVEL WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ALSO BACK TO THE NW AND
W BY 00Z. LOWERING INVERSION SHOULD BRING MUCH OF THE -RA/-DZ TO AN
END ACROSS THE W THIS AFTN. TO THE E, EXPECT THE LIGHT PCPN TO
CONTINUE THRU THE DAY, THOUGH THE BACKING WINDS WILL SHIFT THE MORE
PERSISTENT -RA/-DZ OUT OF BARAGA/MARQUETTE COUNTIES INTO ALGER
COUNTY. LOW CLOUDS WILL PREVAIL TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. CLOUD
BASES WILL BE HIGHER OVER THE S CENTRAL, AND THERE MAY BE A FEW
FLEETING PEEKS OF SUN AT TIMES. EXPECT HIGH TEMPS FROM THE UPPER 30S
TO MID 40S F.
LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 218 AM EST FRI NOV 22 2024
THE LONG-TERM PATTERN LOOKS TO REMAIN FAIRLY ACTIVE WITH LATE FALL
WEATHER FINALLY LOOKING TO DOMINATE THE PERIOD AS MULTIPLE
SHORTWAVES IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST AND U.P. THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
THIS PATTERN WILL BRING NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AS WELL AS MULTIPLE SHOTS OF
PRECIPITATION, WITH RAIN THIS WEEKEND TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY NEXT
WEEK; WE COULD EVEN SEE SOME LAKE-EFFECT SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA
COME THANKSGIVING DAY, WHICH COULD THROW A WRENCH INTO THE TRAVEL
PLANS FOR SOME. ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOLLOW BELOW.
AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY, EXPECT A REINVIGORATION OF LAKE-EFFECT
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SNOW BELTS, WITH THE LAKE-EFFECT
RAIN SLOWLY TRANSITIONING TO LAKE-EFFECT SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST AS
THE COLDER AIR BEHIND THE LOW SLOWLY PUSHING EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA. WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY, NOT MUCH SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE, SAVE FOR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
NORTH CENTRAL (SUCH AS THE MICHIGAMME HIGHLANDS); WE COULD SEE A
LIGHT DUSTING OVER THERE, MAINLY OVER THE GRASSY AREAS AS
TEMPERATURES GET TO AROUND TO SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING. IN ADDITION,
WITH INVERSION HEIGHTS ONLY GETTING TO AROUND -7 C, WE MAY HAVE
TIMES WERE WE DON'T HAVE A TRANSITION TO SNOWFALL BUT INSTEAD A
TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE, PARTICULARLY OVER THE INTERIOR WEST
WHERE TEMPERATURES COULD DIP BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT. SHOULD ANY
FREEZING DRIZZLE ACCUMULATE, EXPECT FOR THERE TO ONLY BE A TRACE OF
ICE, MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES AS TEMPERATURES SHOULD STILL BE
FAIRLY WARM GIVEN THE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY.
OVERALL, ANY SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IMPACTS OVER THE WESTERN U.P.
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD BE NULL (NO IMPACTS ARE
EXPECTED). AS WEAK RIDGING BUILDS IN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY,
EXPECT THE LAST OF THE LAKE-EFFECT SNOW TO END OVER THE EASTERN U.P.
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO COME SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY
AS A SHORTWAVE EJECTING FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES/ALBERTA LOOKS TO
PHASE WITH ANOTHER SHORTWAVE LOW EJECTING OFF OF THE COLORADO
ROCKIES. WHILE THERE IS HIGH UNCERTAINTY IN REGARDS TO THE TRACK OF
THE PHASING SHORTWAVES (AND THUS THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THAT WE
WILL SEE ACROSS OUR AREA), DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE ALL
AGREE THAT PRECIPITATION OF SOME KIND WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING
SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. WHILE WE MAY SEE SOME RAIN OR EVEN FREEZING
RAIN OVER THE WEST HALF INITIALLY, EXPECT THE CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW
LATER IN THE EVENT AS COLDER AIR FROM BEHIND THE NORTHERN SHORTWAVE
MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL
FUEL LAKE-EFFECT SNOWFALL AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
AFTER THIS SYSTEM, ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE SHOWS TEMPERATURES REMAINING
BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD AND BEYOND
AS ADDITIONAL COLD AIR AND CLIPPER SHORTWAVES IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN.
THE SHORTWAVES AND COLD AIR COULD BRING SOME MUCH NEEDED SNOWFALL TO
THE SNOW BELTS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR LATE NEXT WEEK INTO EARLY
DECEMBER. INDEED, ONE OF THESE SHORTWAVES COULD MOVE THROUGH ON
THANKSGIVING; SHOULD IT DO SO, WE COULD SEE SOME ROAD HAZARDS SUCH
AS ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN
SPOTS ALONG THE SNOW BELTS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR, WHICH COULD CAUSE
SOME PROBLEMS FOR THOSE NEEDING TO TRAVEL ON THANKSGIVING DAY.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 1209 PM EST FRI NOV 22 2024
ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SUSTAIN MVFR AND IFR CEILINGS
THROUGH OUT THIS TAF PERIOD UNDER UPSLOPE NORTHERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY
FLOW. MVFR APPEARS MOST PREVALENT, BUT IFR CEILINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE
AT TIMES TONIGHT GIVEN THE LOWERING INVERSION. DRIZZLE/LIGHT RAIN
AND MVFR VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY, MAINLY AT KSAW AND IT
CAN'T BE RULED OUT AT KCMX. GUSTY WINDS NEAR 20KTS FROM THE NORTH TO
NORTHWEST ARE ALSO EXPECTED AT KCMX AND KSAW THIS AFTERNOON.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 218 AM EST FRI NOV 22 2024
WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE LAKE EARLY
THIS MORNING AS NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS CONTINUE ACROSS
THE EASTERN HALF TODAY BEFORE BACKING TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. THE
WINDS EVENTUALLY WEAKEN TO 20 KNOTS OR LESS SATURDAY EVENING AS WEAK
RIDGING MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. THE LIGHTER WINDS LOOK TO REMAIN
ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL MONDAY, WHEN A NORTHERN ROCKIES/CLIPPER
SHORTWAVE LOW PHASING WITH A SHORTWAVE LOW LIFTING FROM COLORADO
INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BRINGS COLD AIR ADVECTION AND
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS BACK ACROSS THE LAKE MONDAY
INTO TUESDAY MORNING (THE NBM SHOWS UP TO A 20% CHANCE OF GALES UP
TO 35 KNOTS OR GREATER FOR THIS TIME PERIOD). ONCE THE COLD AIR
ADVECTION WEAKENS, EXPECT THE WINDS TO DROP TO 20 KNOTS OR LESS
AGAIN LATE TUESDAY.
MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
UPPER MICHIGAN...
NONE.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
NONE.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
NONE.
SHORT TERM...ROLFSON
LONG TERM...TAP
AVIATION...JTP
MARINE...TAP
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