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Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
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441 FXUS63 KGRR 090554 AFDGRR Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 154 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Showers and storms possible Through Wednesday - Fair weather through the end of work week - More widespread, organized system on Saturday && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 330 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025 - Showers and storms possible Through Wednesday Large upper level low over central canada has an upper level trough extending through the upper midwest with a shortwave trough extending through Indiana to Missouri. As that trough moves through overnight it could have enough instability and mid level moisture to spark some late evening/overnight convection across lower Michigan. Some of the CAMS do show potentially 500 to 1000 J/kg of CAPE moving into Lower Michigan. This along with a nub of effective bulk shear into northern Lower could allow storms to linger and strengthen early Wednesday morning. As that trough continues its eastward progression expect mid level instability along with level low pressure to pull up some gulf moisture and deepen, which should further aid afternoon convection. This should bring an increase of CAPE and while SPC has the area only outlooked for general thunder there is some potential for some storms to become strong, especially along and east of the US 127 corridor. - Fair weather through the end of work week Weak high pressure will move over the area Thursday into Friday. This will keep any showers at bay through the end of the week. Temperatures should rise as warm air advects into the region. Highs could get into the low 90s by Friday afternoon. - More widespread, organized system on Saturday Mid to long range models remain consistent on a more widespread rain event Saturday. High pressure will be situated over the Southern US, and another High over southern California. An upper level wave will move Eastward from the west coast, through Southern Canada. As that trough moves east, it will continue to deepens,extending into the upper Mid west by Saturday afternoon. That trough should be advecting moisture between the before mentioned high`s from the Gulf of America, along with warm air. This warm, moist advection should bring 1.75 PWATS of moisture, according to the NAEFS. While not highly anomalous, it should be enough for widespread precipitation through Saturday. That through should move quickly to the east with drier, zonal flow in its wake. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 154 AM EDT Wed Jul 9 2025 We are looking at a complicated forecast period through the first 18 hours or so before conditions improve for all of the terminals. We have scattered showers and storms over most of the southern third of the forecast area, or all of the terminals except KMKG, and near KGRR. These scattered showers and storms are forecast to persist through the first 4-6 hours of the forecast, and could drop conditions down to MVFR or even IFR under the heaviest cells. They should tend to diminish temporarily after 10-12z. We will see additional showers and storms develop then this afternoon as the front passes through. The front will first pass through KMKG early, like 09-12z and have some showers and lower clouds possibly with it, with light winds and the abundant moisture in place. We will see additional showers form and some storms as we see heating of the day boost this activity. Coverage should be enough for all of the sites except KMKG, to go with a tempo TSRA group for a few hours this afternoon. It appears most of this activity should move out of all of the sites by 21-22z this afternoon. Some bkn VFR clouds may linger into the evening hours, but will clear out before the end of this forecast period. && .MARINE... Issued at 315 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025 As the trough exits tomorrow afternoon, northerly flow should increase behind the front. There remains the potential for a stronger gradient forming along the lakeshore. As the winds shift from the northwest to the north, it could bring winds upwards of 15 to 25 kts and waves upwards of 2 to 5 feet, especially north of Grand Haven. There remains some questions of timing and strength. So have held off on headlines for now but another set of marine/swim headlines remain possible. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...None. MARINE...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Ceru AVIATION...NJJ MARINE...Ceru