794  
FXUS63 KDLH 221718  
AFDDLH  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN  
1118 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2024  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH LIGHT LAKE-EFFECT SNOW  
LIKELY NEAR THE NORTH SHORE. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE  
AT OR UNDER AN INCH.  
 
- ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW ARRIVES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY,  
MAINLY IMPACTING NORTH-CENTRAL WI. SNOW AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN  
TRENDING DOWN, WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY TO BE UNDER AN  
INCH.  
 
- QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED AROUND MID-WEEK, WITH ABOVE-NORMAL  
TEMPS OCCURRING LATE THIS UPCOMING WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 352 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2024  
 
IN COMPARISON TO THE COOL TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY MORNING,  
TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN AROUND 10-15+ DEGREES  
WARMER. THIS IS A RESULT OF SOUTHERLY FLOW PROVIDING WAA AND LOW  
STRATUS ACROSS THE CWA. UNDERNEATH THIS LOW STRATUS, CONDITIONS HAVE  
BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET EARLY THIS MORNING WITH ONLY A FEW FLURRIES  
NEAR THE NORTH SHORE. A WEAK SHORTWAVE WITH LITTLE ASSOCIATED  
MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO PROPAGATE THROUGH THE CWA TODAY, BRINGING A  
CHANCE FOR FLURRIES ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA. HI-RES MODEL  
SOUNDINGS SHOW A LACK OF SATURATION ALOFT IN THE BORDERLANDS, WITH A  
LOW 20% CHANCE FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE. THE CURRENT EXPECTATION IS THAT  
PRECIP TODAY WILL BE FALLING AS FLURRIES IN THE BORDERLANDS, BUT  
FREEZING DRIZZLE LEADING TO A GLAZE OF ICE CAN'T BE ENTIRELY RULED  
OUT.  
 
IN ADDITION TO FLURRIES, THE WEAK SHORTWAVE PROPAGATING THROUGH  
TODAY IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP LIGHT LAKE-EFFECT SNOW ALONG THE NORTH  
SHORE IN LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES AS WEAK DYNAMIC FORCING OCCURS. WITH  
LAKE SFC TEMPS NEAR GRAND MARAIS AROUND 3 DEGC AND 850MB TEMPS  
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND -12 DEGC, THIS WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH DELTA-T TO  
GENERATE AROUND 150 J/KG OF LAKE INDUCED INSTABILITY. WHILE FETCH  
AND THERMODYNAMICS WILL BE FAVORABLE THIS MORNING, SNOW  
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AT UNDER AN INCH DUE TO THE  
PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF TODAY'S SHORTWAVE AND WAA AROUND 850MB  
OCCURRING MID TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
ATTENTION TURNS TOWARDS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH, WHICH WILL BE  
MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. IMPACTS FROM  
THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL, AS THE VAST MAJORITY OF QPF  
OCCURS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CWA. THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY A SIGNAL OF  
LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-4" OCCURRING IN NORTH-  
CENTRAL WI, AS A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW DEVELOPED WITHIN AN AREA  
OF FAVORABLE FGEN AND NEGATIVE OMEGA. HOWEVER, RECENT TRENDS IN  
THE MODELS SHOW A DECREASING TREND IN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE  
EXPECTATION IS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN BELOW AN  
INCH, WITH HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS BEING AROUND PRICE COUNTY AND  
AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.  
 
AFTER THE SHORTWAVE EXITS THE CWA ON MONDAY, CHRISTMAS EVE WILL SEE  
QUIET CONDITIONS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS. QUIET CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY, WITH A DRY SHORTWAVE  
TROUGH PASSING THROUGH. STARTING MID-WEEK, A STRONG WAA REGIME IS  
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS THE POLAR JET STREAM DIVES INTO THE SOUTHERN  
HIGH PLAINS. THIS PATTERN OF SOUTHERLY FLOW IS VERY LIKELY TO  
INCREASE HIGH TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THIS  
UPCOMING WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. IN ADDITION, LOW TEMPS WILL BE NEAR  
OR EVEN ABOVE FREEZING ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS FOR PORTIONS  
OF THE AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME MELTING OF THE SNOWPACK,  
ESPECIALLY AS MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR RAIN ARRIVE LATE THIS UPCOMING  
WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1118 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2024  
 
MVFR STRATUS OCCURRING AROUND MIDDAY TODAY IS ALREADY BEGINNING  
TO SCATTER OUT OR CLEAR COMPLETELY AT BRD AND HYR. HIB AND DLH  
MAY ALSO SEE VFR CEILINGS FOR A TIME LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO  
EVENING. HOWEVER, EXPECT CEILINGS TO LOWER DOWN AGAIN TONIGHT TO  
IFR AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST, LINGERING AT MOST  
SITES INTO MONDAY MORNING, THOUGH COULD SEE SOME SCATTERING OUT  
AT INL LATE MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS A 25% CHANCE FOR LIFR  
CEILINGS, BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN CURRENT TAFS.  
THE LOW PRESSURE WILL ALSO BRING A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW AND  
PERHAPS BRIEF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING,  
PRIMARILY FOR BRD AND HYR, WITH MVFR TO PERHAPS BRIEFLY IFR  
VISIBILITIES.  
 
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON, WITH  
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15-18 KNOTS AT BRD AND HYR, WILL BECOME  
LIGHT THIS EVENING AND THEN BACK TO NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT INTO  
MONDAY MORNING.  
 

 
   
MARINE /FOR NEAR SHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR/
 
 
ISSUED AT 352 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2024  
 
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY, WITH WIND GUSTS INCREASING TO 20  
TO 25 KNOTS THIS MORNING IN THE APOSTLE ISLANDS TO SAXON HARBOR AND  
ALONG THE NORTH SHORE FROM TACONITE HARBOR TO GRAND PORTAGE. WAVE  
HEIGHTS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING TO 3 TO 6 FEET ALONG PORTIONS OF THE  
NORTH SHORE ABOVE TACONITE HARBOR. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN  
EFFECT. THROUGH THE DAY AND EVENING SUNDAY, WINDS SHOULD WEAKEN,  
EVENTUALLY BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON MONDAY AROUND 10 TO 15  
KNOTS.  
 
FOR THE OPEN WATER DISCUSSION, REFER TO THE NWS MARQUETTE AREA  
FORECAST DISCUSSION AT WEATHER.GOV/MQT.  
 

 
   
DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
MN...NONE.  
WI...NONE.  
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LSZ140-  
141.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...UNRUH  
AVIATION...ROTHSTEIN  
MARINE...UNRUH  
 
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