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LCZ460 Lake St Clair- 347 Am Edt Fri Apr 26 2024
Today - East winds 10 to 15 knots. Sunny. Waves 2 feet or less.Tonight - Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy in the evening - .then mostly cloudy with a chance of light showers after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet.Saturday - South winds 15 to 20 knots. Mostly cloudy with a chance of light showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet.Saturday night - Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy in the evening becoming mostly cloudy. Waves 1 to 3 feet.Sunday - Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon and evening. Partly Sunny in the morning - .then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and Thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Waves 1 to 3 feet.Monday - Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots. Partly cloudy. Light showers likely and a chance of Thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet.Tuesday - Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Partly cloudy. Light showers likely and a chance of Thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less.

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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 115 PM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024

KEY MESSAGES

- Dry conditions today with a warming trend lifts temperatures into 60s.

- Showers arrive overnight with a chance for a few embedded thunderstorms through Saturday morning.

- Breezy southwest winds develop Saturday afternoon with gusts up to 30 mph.

- Some additional thunderstorms are possible Saturday evening with an isolated severe storm possible northwest of Metro Detroit.

- Additional showers and a few storms are possible Sunday as above normal temperatures continue through mid-week.

AVIATION

High clouds thicken over the remainder of the day as developing low pressure over the Plains lifts northeast. This system lifts a warm front toward the region overnight resulting in strengthening southeast flow in advance with gusts approaching 20kts. Scattered to numerous showers eventually work over SE MI around and after midnight with a chance for a few embedded thunderstorms to develop in the early morning Saturday. Lower confidence persists wrt to the chances these storms manage to materialize. Robust moisture advection supports MVFR ceiling development as showers expand into the area with these cigs expected to hold through at least the first half of the day Saturday. Frontal boundary lifts through Saturday morning setting up south-southwest in its wake. With a 40-50kt LLJ parked over southern lower MI, increased mixing depths within the system's warm sector will support gusts around 25kts throughout daytime Saturday, though a few near 30kts can't be ruled out.

For DTW/D21 Convection...Warm frontal boundary lifts through the region Saturday morning. WEak elevated instability remains possible in advance offering the potential for a few embedded thunderstorms to develop amidst the wider shower activity. Confidence is not particularly high in this development so have opted to continue to run with inherited Prob30 group in current TAF for the 08-12Z period.

DTW THRESHOLD PROBABILITIES...

* Low in thunderstorms tonight into early Saturday morning.

* High in ceilings aob 5000 feet tonight into Saturday morning.

PREV DISCUSSION
Issued at 427 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024

DISCUSSION...

Unobstructed cooling and nearly clam winds through the overnight period have sent temperatures into the low-mid 30s across much of the CWA with light ESE flow. High cirrus streamers spilling downstream of a potent shortwave trough closing off over eastern Colorado will begin to interfere with outgoing longwave radiation.
This should limit further cooling to just a few more degrees (F)
until the diurnal rebound gets underway. Will allow the Frost/Freeze headlines to run their course as dew points remain below freezing.

Minor height rises expected through midday as the resident southern stream ridge builds into its northern stream equivalent. Stubborn anticyclone flow then lingers to the east, offering sustained stabilization that temporarily resists top-down saturation processes. Once upper winds back westerly, clouds will work in aloft while the low cloud fraction lags amidst longer duration southeasterly flow. A very broad and highly confluent LLJ featuring impressive latitudinal extent should fold/rotate into southern Lower Michigan this evening providing a shift to southwest flow and aggressive ThetaE convergence. Ultimately, this keeps conditions dry through nearly the entire daylight hours before the sufficient column moistening is achieved. Thermodynamic moderation also gets underway with 850 mb temps increasing by at least 6C by 18Z suggesting highs in the lower 60s, near climatological normals.
Cooler readings are anticipated along the coastal communities, downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Huron from on-shore southeasterly flow.

By nearly all accounts, showers should hold-off for Southeast Michigan until after 00Z when isentropic ascent commences. This leading arc of showers then transitions to more dynamically forced activity packets of CVA stream through the perturbed mid-level flow with the moistened environment. Forecast soundings reveal some elevated instability above the warm frontal slope, therefore a few rumbles of thunder are possible, late.

The mature low exhibits minor pressure rises Saturday as it tracks across the Upper Midwest and merges with the central Canadian trough. Current models suggest a delayed cold FROPA until late Saturday night with a rather dry afternoon. Westerly flow trailing the composite shortwave lends some degree of column drying as lapse rates improve slightly. Did bring PoPs down quite a bit to reflect this trend south of I-69. Main threat for broader coverage of thunderstorms exists across the Tri-Cities INVOF the stalled frontal boundary, higher dewpoints, and SBCAPE. Questions exist regarding afternoon cap erosion per NAM3km/ARW, but a Marginal Risk for severe weather persists. Much warmer conditions arise with highs in the mid- upper 70s in addition to +25 mph gusts.

The active pattern continues Sunday as another wave ejects out of the synoptic subtropical jet which reinforces southwesterly ThetaE advection and continued warmth. Several more rounds of showers are possible Saturday night and Sunday with the persistent forced ascent and Gulf-augmented humidity. Some NWP drift now points to more activity occurring over central Lower during the afternoon. Little in the way of cooling mechanisms into Monday as the influence of the departing ridge lingers until Tuesday. High pressure then anchors over the coast of the southern Atlantic which maintains a component of return flow into the midweek timeframe and warmer than normal temperatures through the period.

MARINE...

Strong low pressure moves from the central Plains to the upper Midwest today and then across Lake Superior on Saturday. The strengthening pressure gradient ahead of this system results in southeasterly flow ramping up today, peaking late Friday night into Saturday morning. Wind veers southerly on Saturday with gusts touching gale force during the morning before gradually weakening through the day as much warmer air moves into the region to stabilize flow over the cold lake water. The warm air also fuels thunderstorm potential through Saturday and Saturday night, and possibly even into Sunday as the associated cold front stalls over the region. The front awaits yet another low pressure system moving in from the Plains Sunday into Monday.

DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MI...None.
Lake Huron...None.
Lake St Clair...None.
Michigan waters of Lake Erie...None.

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