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Sunrise 7:47AM | Sunset 5:01PM | Sunday December 8, 2019 4:50 PM EST (21:50 UTC) | Moonrise 3:12PM | Moonset 3:52AM | Illumination 91% | ![]() |
LCZ460 Lake St Clair- 947 Am Est Sun Dec 8 2019
Rest of today..South winds 15 to 20 knots. Cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Tonight..South winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely in the evening...then showers after midnight. Areas of fog after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Monday..South winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers in the morning.. Then rain in the afternoon. Areas of fog. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Monday night..Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots in the late evening and overnight. Cloudy. Areas of fog in the evening. Rain in the evening...then rain likely after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Tuesday..West winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the evening. Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers and rain in the morning...then a chance of snow showers in the afternoon and evening. Waves 2 feet or less.
Wednesday..Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance of snow showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Thursday..South winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.
Rest of today..South winds 15 to 20 knots. Cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Tonight..South winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers likely in the evening...then showers after midnight. Areas of fog after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Monday..South winds 10 to 15 knots. Showers in the morning.. Then rain in the afternoon. Areas of fog. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Monday night..Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west 15 to 20 knots in the late evening and overnight. Cloudy. Areas of fog in the evening. Rain in the evening...then rain likely after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Tuesday..West winds 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the evening. Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers and rain in the morning...then a chance of snow showers in the afternoon and evening. Waves 2 feet or less.
Wednesday..Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy. A chance of snow showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Thursday..South winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.
LCZ460 Expires:201912082145;;041465
FZUS63 KDTX 081447
GLFSC
Lake St Clair Forecast
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
947 AM EST Sun Dec 8 2019
Waves are the significant wave height - the average of the highest
1/3 of the wave spectrum. Occasional wave height is the average of
the highest 1/10 of the wave spectrum.
.SYNOPSIS...As low pressure, 29.60 inches, tracks across Ontario
today, a cold front will move into western Lake Superior.
Southwest gales ahead of this front are likely through this
afternoon across central Lake Huron. The front moves over Lake
Huron by tonight and stalls. Low pressure then develops along it
and tracks through the central Great Lakes at 29.50 inches on
Monday. The low exits the region Monday night with colder
northwest wind to follow through mid week.
LCZ460-082145-
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Harper Woods, MI
Hourly EDIT Helplocation: 42.42, -82.99 debug
Area Discussion for - Detroit/Pontiac, MI
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 325 PM EST Sun Dec 8 2019
DISCUSSION.
A mild and wet start to the work week, with a good shot of cold air for the mid week period.
Narrow stream of moisture (850-700 mb Theta-E) tracking through southern Lower Michigan this afternoon with deep southwest flow ahead of a cold front tracking through the northern Great Lakes as upper level jet max advances through northeastern Ontario and into southern Quebec. Widespread rain likely not developing until late tonight.
Better push of low level moisture (6 C dew pt at 925 mb) into southeast Michigan on Monday as strong upper level wave currently tracking into Montana swings into the western Great Lakes Monday evening. Meanwhile, larger upper wave along the California coast will dive south-southeast, but a piece of upper level PV/energy breaks off and races through the Midwest on Monday, proving favorable ascent. However, better right exit region/moisture surge with the 150+ knot upper level jet looks to be tracking off into the Eastern Great Lakes, with the strengthening surface wave tracking close to the Straights. Weaker pressure fields over southeast Michigan, with sufficiently cold ground and low level moisture coming over the top to support low clouds/fog and rain through the day, but aggressive mid level dry slot arriving by midnight looks to shut off most of the precipitation as the good blast of cold air sweeps in, sending 850 mb temps into the negative mid teens for Tuesday. Still, with cold cyclonic flow, probably steep enough low level lapse rates with modest cape in the DGZ to generate scattered light snow shower/flurry activity, but limited cloud depths preventing more vigorous activity. Potentially a better chance of stronger snow shower activity on Wednesday as more robust upper level wave/cold pool swings through, sending 850 mb temps into the negative lower twenties/around 20 C. Brief support/extension to 700 mb as weak upper wave comes out of the Midwest. Still, extreme dry nature of the arctic airmass is sometimes too much to overcome, as PW Values drop at or below 0.1 inches. Will favor a burst of snow/scattered snow shower mention breaking off Lake Michigan as water temps still hovering around 40 degrees. Strong subsidence/surface anti-cyclone (1040+ mb) building in Wednesday night suggests skies clearing out with temps potentially dipping into the single numbers, even with little or no snow on ground. IF snow cover does materialize, zero or below in normally colder spots not out of the question, but invading high clouds toward sunrise appear likely.
Energetic pseudo zonal upper flow over the Conus on Friday makes for difficult Weekend forecast as flow appears to buckle east of the Mississippi River valley with potential storm system tracking through Central/Eastern Great Lakes Saturday night, per 00z Euro. 00z GFS displaced considerably farther to the East, as interaction/merging/phasing with the system tracking through the northern Gulf of Mexico will be the key, and the 00z Canadian illustrates little interaction/much better separation. However, the 12z GFS has trended toward the Euro, thus rain and snow remains in play, but the 12z Euro has now flipped toward the 00z GFS and is well to the east. Plenty of additional flip-flopping remains likely due to multiple upper level wave interactions in play.
MARINE.
Gale warnings and small craft advisories have been allowed to expire as wind gusts and associated wave heights continue to diminish through the evening hours, tied to a weakening pressure gradient. Attention will then turn to a developing low pressure system, set to travel northeast from the central Plains, eventually traveling through northern lower Michigan and Ontario/Quebec. Ahead of the low, surge of warmer air will allow widespread rain to develop across the Great Lakes starting late tonight, which will continue through Monday. Increased stability from the advancing warmer air will allow lighter winds to persist into Monday afternoon as the low settles over northern lower Michigan, with an uptick in wind speeds and gusts expected late Monday night into Tuesday morning given reduced stability from increasing cold air advection. Most locations look to stay below gales at this time, however, northern Lake Huron will have the chance to see low-end gales early Tuesday morning. Last, there is a high probability for snow squalls to travel across Lake Huron and potentially Lake St. Clair both Tuesday and Wednesday given the high instability across the Lakes. Freezing spray also remains possible across Lake Huron on Wednesday.
HYDROLOGY.
Rain developing late tonight and continuing through Monday. Mild air with high moisture content for this time of year fuels a cold front and low pressure system moving across the region. Local probability guidance suggests rainfall totals approach a half inch. Locally higher totals are possible in locations where heavier showers occur repeatedly but amounts under one inch. A transition to mixed rain and snow is possible if any precipitation lingers long enough after the cold front moves through Monday night and Tuesday morning. The expected rainfall tonight and Monday may lead to ponding of water in prone areas and small rises on area rivers.
PREV DISCUSSION. Issued at 1235 PM EST Sun Dec 8 2019
AVIATION .
MVFR stratus has shrouded most of southeast MI this afternoon and aviation conditions will continue to worsen through the TAF period as abundant low-level moisture continues to advect in on a gusty wind from the southwest. Areas of light rain develop this evening and tonight as low pressure strengthens over the midwest, then widespread rain moves through during the day Monday as the low tracks through northern MI. The milder and more humid air moving in today brings good potential for vsby reductions in fog tonight and possibly into tomorrow. IFR stratus develops this evening and persists through the period. Some LIFR ceilings will be possible late tonight, particularly around mbS, but will hold off on including in TAF for now until better observational evidence is presented upstream. Marginal LLWS will be most likely across the Detroit TAF sites for a few hours this evening /centered on 23-03z/, but slightly elevated winds at the surface should keep shear below 30 kt most of the time.
For DTW . MVFR cigs persist this afternoon with southwest winds gusting as high as 25 kt. Winds subside this evening as chances for light rain increase and ceilings lower to IFR in addition to the development of MVFR to possibly IFR fog. Moderate and more widespread rain moves in around 13z Monday, persisting into the early afternoon. Low confidence in LIFR conditions tonight.
DTW THRESHOLD PROBABILITIES .
* High confidence in cigs aob 5000 feet through tomorrow.
* Low confidence in cigs aob 200 feet late tonight.
DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. MI . NONE. Lake Huron . Small Craft Advisory until 4 PM EST this afternoon for LHZ421-422- 441>443.
Gale Warning until 4 PM EST this afternoon for LHZ362-363.
Lake St Clair . NONE. Michigan waters of Lake Erie . NONE.
DISCUSSION . SF MARINE . AM AVIATION . TF HYDROLOGY. sf
You can obtain your latest National Weather Service forecasts online at www.weather.gov/detroit.
Weather Reporting Stations
EDIT (on/off)  Help NOTE: Click on distance to see the station location on a mapStations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | Pressure | DewPt |
CLSM4 - St. Clair Shores, MI | 7 mi | 51 min | S 7 G 14 | 44°F | 1013.9 hPa (-1.7) | |||
AGCM4 | 28 mi | 51 min | 42°F | 39°F | 1013.3 hPa (-1.8) | |||
THLO1 - Toledo Light No. 2 OH | 42 mi | 51 min | S 12 G 13 | 45°F | ||||
MBRM4 - 9014090 - Mouth of the Black River, MI | 49 mi | 57 min | 42°F | 1012.5 hPa |
Wind History for Fort Gratiot, MI
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Last 24hr | S | SW | S G11 | S G12 | S G11 | S G11 | S G14 | S G11 | S G16 | S G15 | S G16 | S G18 | S G17 | S G16 | S G15 | S G16 | S G14 | SW G19 | SW G23 | SW G22 | SW G23 | S G17 | SW G18 | S G21 |
1 day ago | NW G18 | NW G11 | NW G17 | NW G11 | NW G8 | N | NW G14 | NW G11 | N G10 | NW G9 | N G7 | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | W | SW | SW G9 | SW | SW G7 | S G8 | SW G11 | SW G13 |
2 days ago | NW | W | W | SW | S | S | S G10 | S | S | SW G11 | SW | SW G11 | SW G11 | SW | NW G12 | NW G23 | NW G19 | NW G19 | N G20 | NW G26 | NW G16 | NW G18 | NW G14 | NW G18 |
Airport Reports
EDIT (on/off)  Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Visibility | Sky/Weather | Temp | DewPt | Humidity | Pressure |
Coleman A Young Municipal Airport, MI | 2 mi | 58 min | SSW 12 G 18 | 10.00 mi | Mostly Cloudy | 45°F | 37°F | 74% | 1013.8 hPa |
Troy, Oakland/Troy Airport, MI | 13 mi | 55 min | SSW 10 G 15 | 10.00 mi | Overcast | 45°F | 39°F | 81% | 1013.2 hPa |
Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI | 16 mi | 1.9 hrs | S 10 | 10.00 mi | Overcast | 42°F | 38°F | 87% | 1014.1 hPa |
Detroit, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI | 22 mi | 58 min | S 11 | 7.00 mi | Overcast | 46°F | 37°F | 73% | 1013.8 hPa |
Detroit/Grosse Ile, Grosse Ile Airport, MI | 24 mi | 56 min | S 7 | 10.00 mi | Partly Cloudy | 41°F | 37°F | 86% | 1013.5 hPa |
Link to 5 minute data for KDET
Wind History from DET (wind in knots)
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Last 24hr | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S G18 | SW G21 | SW | S | SW | S | S G18 |
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