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FXUS63 KAPX 040903
AFDAPX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
503 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

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- Scattered thunderstorms possible today into this evening.
  Severe storms are not anticipated at this time.

- Chances for Showers and Storms Wednesday afternoon.

- Cool and wet weather will continue through next week.
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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
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Issued at 500 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024

Pattern Synopsis:

Weak ridging over the southern Great Lakes will continue to amplify
today as a weak shortwave pivots across the Midwest and over western
portions of the Great Lakes into tonight. The region will be
situated between surface high pressure across the NE CONUS and a
deepening cyclone trekking across south-central Canada underneath
favorable forcing aloft provided by a much stronger wave working
over the northern Great Plains.

Forecast Details:

Scattered thunderstorms today -- Ongoing showers may linger through
the morning hours across parts of northern Michigan ahead of the
main chances for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into this
evening. A corridor of higher quality boundary layer moisture may
stretch along the western half of the CWA today, providing an axis
of buoyancy (~500-1,000 J/kg MLCAPE) to support thunderstorm
development. As previous forecaster noted, little forcing from large
scale ascent will be present to aid thunderstorms -- but current
confidence is that at least a few storms will initiate across
parts of northwest lower/Tip of the Mitt later this afternoon
and last into this evening. Confidence decreases with southward
extent from the bridge. Severe storms are not anticipated with
weak wind shear in place, making organized strong storms
unlikely. Primary hazards with any storms today will be
lightning, heavy downpours, gusty winds and small hail.
Otherwise, a warm day is in store for much of the area as
temperatures look to climb well into the 80s for most areas.
Thunderstorms may limit high temperatures across areas where
they do develop, but some could see localized readings reach
into the upper 80s during the afternoon.
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.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
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Issued at 500 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 2024

Pattern Synopsis and Forecast: Stacked upper level low over Manitoba
CA will reach a short wave and surface cold front south into the
western Great Lakes region and the Mississippi Valley early
Wednesday morning. This front and wave will rotate around the low,
moving towards MI late Wednesday morning/midday. Anomalous values of
moisture will be advected into the state ahead of this feature, with
most mid and short range models showing PW values of at least 1.2"
to even 1.5". Model soundings show that moisture through the column
with a long and skinny trace amounting to around 1000 - 1500 j/kg of
SB CAPE (highest instability over NE lower and eastern UP at this
time). Due to this, chances for scattered to numerous showers and
thunderstorms along the front exist Wednesday afternoon as it moves
across the CWA. The upper level low will gradually slip over
southwest Ontario CA and Lk Superior Thursday, This will move cooler
air overhead and tighten gradients aloft which could lead to breezy
west winds. Chances for showers will continue Thursday afternoon as
possibly another lobe of energy rotates around the low. The upper
low center will pass over the CWA towards Lk Huron Friday morning,
continuing clouds, cooler temps, and light rain into the end of the
work week. Most global models have the upper low anchoring near Lk
Huron over the weekend (even retrograding slightly on Monday), which
would establish northwest flow overhead and continue clouds, cooler
temperatures and light rain through early next week.


Primary Forecast Concerns/Key Messages: Confidence thoughts in
showers and storms Wednesday afternoon - Winds aloft are weaker and
unidirectional shear is more marginal, leading to less likely
chances for severe attributes with storms. Models are have shown run
to run consistency with moisture availability, leading to higher
confidence in the most likely threats being heavy rain and
lightning. Flooding doesn`t look to be a concern, as showers will
move from west to east. Rain amounts could reach up to an inch or
more, however the likely hood of training or stalling storms is low.
As far as the remaining rain in the forecast, little detail changes
could result in the difference between mostly clouds and rain or
getting a little more clearing in between the chances for rain. At
this time, there are a lot of details in play and this can lead to
more inherent uncertainty for the longer term forecast details. The
main thing is that rain chances and cooler temperatures will likely
stick around for a little while.
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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/...
Issued at 1145 PM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024

A diminishing line of showers will slowly track eastward thru
Eastern Upper and Northern Lower Michigan this evening along a
weak trough axis. Additional scattered shower activity is
expected late tonight thru Tuesday. An isold thunderstorm is
possible tonight and Tuesday...but the chance is too small to
include in the TAFs for now. Prevailing conditions will remain
VFR...but will temporarily drop to MVFR with some shower
activity. Surface winds will remain from the S/SE around 10 kts
thru Tuesday.

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.APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...None.
MARINE...None.

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SHORT TERM...DJC
LONG TERM...ELD
AVIATION...MLR