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FNUS73 KMQT 020834
FWSMQT
SPOT FORECAST FOR S-212 SAW COURSE...MICHIGAN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
434 AM EDT THU APR 2 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 CDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
A LOW PRESSURE LIFTING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARDS NORTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN TODAY BRINGS IN A WINTRY MIX OF MAINLY SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN DURING THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE WARMER AIR ALOFT MAKES ITS WAY
TO THE SFC AND TRANSITION EVERYTHING OVER TO JUST PURE RAINFALL NOON
CDT. THAT BEING SAID, THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT
TIMES THIS MORNING, WITH UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET POSSIBLE AS WELL AS
UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE WITH IT BEFORE WE WARM ABOVE
FREEZING. THIS COULD CREATE VERY SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT THAT WINDS FROM THE EAST ARE LOOKING TO GUST UP TO 35 MPH
TODAY TOO, THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE
BRANCHES AS WELL.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). FREEZING RAIN
LATE IN THE MORNING. SLEET AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 36.
RH..................MIN 74 PERCENT.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.77 INCHES.
SURFACE WINDS.......EAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
MPH.
TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........81 83 77 81 77
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....SLEET FZRAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).100 100 90 100 90
TEMP............30 32 33 34 34
RH..............91 91 89 88 88
SURFACE WIND....E 16 E 16 E 17 E 15 E 15
SURFACE WND GST.29 29 30 30 30
FORECASTER...TAP
REQUESTED BY...MARQUETTE ICC
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
.TAG 2608806.0/MQT
.DELDT 04/02/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MURPHYK1@MICHIGAN.GOV
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