863
FXUS63 KMQT 191711
AFDMQT
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
111 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO SEASONAL AVERAGES MOST DAYS THROUGH
THE WEEK, WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWS IN THE 40S AND 50S.
- SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE (40-70% CHANCE) LATE
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS A WEAK SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 357 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2026
THE GENERAL PATTERN THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AND TOWARD THE END
OF AUGUST PLACES THE UP UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS YIELDS
SEASONAL TO SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS, CAPTURED BY THE CPC 6-
10 DAY TEMP OUTLOOK. THE MID LEVEL CLOSED LOW OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO
AND HUDSON BAY GRADUALLY MAKES ITS WAY TO NORTHERN QUEBEC FOR
THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND, BUT LIKELY WILL BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER
DEEP TROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODEL DISCREPANCIES EXIST REGARDING THE
TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THIS TROUGH (OR IF ANOTHER CLOSED LOW
DEVELOPS), BUT THIS CURRENTLY DOES NOT YIELD SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO
THE NORTHWEST FLOW ANTICIPATED FOR OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING ARE ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO FALL WELL BELOW NORMAL. CURRENTLY, WESTERN INTERIOR
PORTIONS OF THE UP ARE ALREADY IN THE LOW TO MID 40S PER GROUND-
BASED OBS, AND A FEW UPPER 30S CANNOT BE RULED OUT BY DAYBREAK.
ELSEWHERE, CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE UP ARE GENERALLY IN
THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S WITH THE KEWEENAW IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S.
CONTINUED TO TREND TOWARD A COOLER BIAS WITH 10TH PERCENTILE NBM FOR
OVERNIGHT LOWS AGAIN TONIGHT AFTER HIGHS IN THE 70S TODAY. ONCE
AGAIN, TONIGHT'S LOWS WILL DIP INTO THE 40S TO MID 50S, COLDEST
ACROSS THE INTERIOR WEST WHERE TEMPS COULD DROP INTO THE MID TO
UPPER 30S.
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY MORNING SHIFTS
SOUTHEAST, GIVING WAY TO A SHORTWAVE AND WEAK SFC TROUGH THE WEST.
WAA REINTRODUCES RAIN CHANCES INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND A TRAILING
SHORTWAVE CONTINUES POPS ON FRIDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED GIVEN THAT PROBABILITIES OF 1000 OR GREATER CAPE VALUES
STRUGGLE TO REACH 30% UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN BULK SHEAR FALLS OFF. AS FAR
AS RAINFALL AMOUNTS GO, 24 HR NBM PROBABILITIES FOR 0.25 INCHES OR
MORE ARE IN THE 30-60% RANGE WITH 15-25% CHANCES FOR AT LEAST 0.75
INCHES. WHILE ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM COULD PUT DOWN LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL, A WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. THUS NOT
EXPECTING APPRECIABLE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS
OVER THE SOUTH AND WEST. A COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY YIELDS ONE MORE
DAY OF SHOWERS AND NON SEVERE STORM CHANCES (15-30%) BEFORE HIGH
PRESSURE RETURNS WITH MOSTLY DRY WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 111 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2026
VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING PUSHES
THROUGH THE REGION. EXPECT THE WINDS TO BECOME LAKE BREEZE DOMINATED
BY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME PATCHY FOG IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AGAIN
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, BUT WITH INCREASING MIDLEVEL CLOUD COVER
OVERNIGHT AND PROBABILITY FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS BELOW 20%, HAVE
DECIDED TO LEAVE THIS OUT OF THE TAF FOR THE TIME BEING.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 321 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
LAKE SUPERIOR - SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15-25 KTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
WEST, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN ISLE ROYALE AND THE NORTHWEST SHORES
WHERE WINDS ARE FUNNELED. WINDS SHIFT NORTHWEST TONIGHT AS THEY FALL
BELOW 20 KTS LAKEWIDE. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING KEEPS WINDS BELOW 20 KTS THROUGH FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT ON
SATURDAY INCREASES NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15-20 KTS LAKEWIDE,
PARTICULARLY OVER THE EAST WHERE GUSTS APPROACH THE 25-30 KT RANGE.
NORTHERLY WINDS REMAIN ELEVATED UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN HIGH
PRESSURE BRINGS BACK CALMER CONDITIONS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WEST THURSDAY EVENING, BUT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED.
NORTHERN BAY OF GREEN BAY AND NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN - OVERALL
EXPECT WINDS LESS THAN 20 KTS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. THESE COULD BRING MARGINALLY SEVERE WIND
GUSTS UP TO 35 KTS AND SMALL HAIL. A SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY BRINGS BACK SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES, BUT STRONG TO SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS ARE
EXPECTED AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM ON FRIDAY, PARTICULARLY NEAR
MANISTIQUE. WINDS DIMINISH FRIDAY NIGHT, THEN BECOME NORTHWEST FOR
SATURDAY, ONCE AGAIN INCREASING GUSTS UP TO 20-25 KTS FOR THE
WEEKEND.
MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
UPPER MICHIGAN...
NONE.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
NONE.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
NONE.
DISCUSSION...77/TDUD
AVIATION...LC
MARINE...TDUD
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