Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Spring Lake, MI

DISCUSSION
Issued at 332 PM EST Sun Feb 8 2026

- Not much precip with the next clipper

A northern stream shortwave trough and clipper low tracks north of Lower Michigan Monday into Tuesday. An area of warm air advection and isentropic ascent could bring light snow or mixed precip into the northern forecast Monday night, but moisture profiles look rather dry so slight to chance POPs look good for now. QPF expected to be trace to a couple hundredths so impacts of any frozen or freezing precip should be limited.

Temperatures moderate briefly before cold air returns for mid- week as the clipper moves east and Canadian high pressure builds in. Inversion heights remain AOB 5 kft AGL with fairly dry soundings, so there are currently no POPs for Tuesday night and Wednesday. It's still possible POPs would need to added if moisture profiles look more promising in the northwest flow following the cold FROPA on Tuesday.

- Late Week Storms may stay south

An active southern stream is expected during the latter half of the week and into next weekend, but the longer range guidance has trended towards keeping the surface low tracks further south with a separate northern stream and any phasing holding off until perhaps next week. So only chance or slight chance POPs in the current forecast for Thursday night and again over the weekend as deep moisture/surface lows remain well to the south of Lower Michigan.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/
Issued at 1112 PM EST Sun Feb 8 2026

IR imagery shows an area of high clouds over Wisconsin moving southeast and an area of lower VFR stratocu moving east across Lake Michigan. These lower clouds will reach MKG around 06z and spread southeastward the rest of the night. Expect VFR throughout the period.

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