Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Muskegon Heights, MI
April 25, 2024 12:18 AM EDT (04:18 UTC) Change Location
 | Sunrise 6:44 AM Sunset 8:41 PM Moonrise 9:57 PM Moonset 6:18 AM |
LMZ847 Grand Haven To Whitehall Mi- 1005 Pm Edt Wed Apr 24 2024
Rest of tonight - North winds 10 to 15 knots veering east toward daybreak. Clear through about 2 am then becoming partly cloudy. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
Thursday - Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots veering southwest, then veering northwest late in the day. Sunny. Waves 1 foot or less.
Thursday night - Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east 15 to 25 knots after midnight. Mostly clear. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
Friday - Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet late in the day.
Friday night - Southeast winds to 30 knots veering south toward daybreak. Rain showers and a chance of Thunderstorms. Waves 4 to 6 feet building to 6 to 8 feet toward daybreak.
Saturday - South winds to 30 knots. Rain showers likely and a chance of Thunderstorms. Waves 6 to 9 feet.
Sunday - South winds 15 to 20 knots. Rain showers likely and a chance of Thunderstorms. Waves 3 to 5 feet.
Monday - South winds 20 to 25 knots. Rain showers likely. Waves 3 to 5 feet.
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Area Discussion for - Grand Rapids, MI
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 807 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- Widespread Freezing Temperatures Tonight
- Multiple Rounds of Showers and Storms Through Monday
- Warming Trend Into Next Week
UPDATE
Issued at 803 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
Skies have cleared out and the winds diminished as high pressure in Ontario continues to build into MI. This will set up excellent radiational cooling for the region. Surface dewpoints were in the 20's for most of the region and that is where overnight lows will likely end up. Thus we will maintain the Freeze Warning for much of the region.
DISCUSSION
Issued at 315 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
- Widespread Freezing Temperatures Tonight
No change to the Freeze Warning as dew points have dropped into the teens and lower 20s across the northern zones this afternoon and this very dry air is advecting south as the cold air mass of northern Canadian origin settles southward across Lower Michigan.
We expect lows below freezing for all of the forecast area by daybreak on Thursday with several hours below freezing in some of the fruit growing areas, potentially causing damage to fruit blossoms. Thursday night will see moderating temperatures but with the residual cold and dry airmass, still has the potential for widespread areas below freezing late Thursday night.
- Multiple Rounds of Showers and Storms Through Monday
The overall pattern becomes more active this weekend as we transition into southwesterly flow across the Central Great Lakes.
This brings significant moisture into the area with PWAT values climbing to near 1.5 inches by Saturday morning (above the 97th percentile).
The first wave of precipitation is expected Friday night into Saturday morning as a shortwave passes to our north driving a warm frontal boundary through the CWA A general 0.25-0.75 inches of rain is expected with this system and thunder is likely early Saturday as elevated instability exceeds 1000 J/kg.
Confidence is low in convective development into the day on Saturday as mid-level ridging in place suggests the environment remains capped due to lack of forcing. A generally dry forecast is favored at present given this. However, high temperatures for the day approach model sounding convective temperatures meaning that scattered showers and storms are possible if we can get sufficient boundary layer heating (15-25 percent chance). Given MUCAPE values in excess of 1000 J/kg and a strong (45-60 kt) low level jet in place Saturday, it'll be worth keeping an eye on. Regardless, Saturday will be synoptically windy with the strong low-level jet and southwest flow in place. The EPS wind gust forecasts show a high (90+ percent) chance of 30 mph winds Saturday and low-moderate (25- 50 percent) chance of gusts exceeding 40 mph.
Confidence increases again for rainfall Sunday into Monday as an initial shortwave brings rain shower and storm chances as we sit in the warm sector, especially to the northwest half of the CWA, continuing into Monday as the main trough drives a cold front across the area. Showers wind down Monday night with dry conditions Tuesday and Wednesday as surface ridging moves into the state.
- Warming Trend Into Next Week
The other weather trend of note for the long term will be the temperatures. Robust warm air advection in the southwest flow pattern causes 850 mb temps to climb into the teens Saturday into Monday making highs in the upper 60s to 70s likely. Some guidance like the ECMWF MOS even has lower Michigan making a run towards 80 degree highs on Sunday when the warm air is most entrenched. We then briefly fall back into the 60s Tuesday as troughing pushes through the region.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/
Issued at 108 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
The MVFR cloud deck across Lower Michigan continues to erode with the MVFR cigs about to clear GRR in the coming hour. All sites will transition to VFR over the next few hours with skies clearing out this evening. A few cirrus clouds pass through tonight before skies clear fully again into tomorrow. Winds today will be from the north at 5-15 knots becoming northeast around 5 knots into Thursday as high pressure moves in.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/
Issued at 645 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
High pressure will be building down from the north tonight and into the TAF sites. This feature will generate generally clear skies and light winds. An onshore flow will develop close to the Lake MI shoreline Thursday afternoon.
MARINE
Issued at 315 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
The SCA continues into this evening with several sites still gusting over 25 knots at 19Z. We expect winds to slacken this evening and remain below 25 knots into Friday. Southwest winds will increase on Friday afternoon and a SCA may be needed for Friday night and Saturday. We have lowered NBM winds for Saturday since we expect the stronger winds to remain aloft in a warm advection pattern, so we do not expect to reach gales at this time.
CLIMATE
Issued at 315 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
RECORD LOWS FOR APRIL 25TH
Grand Rapids... 22 in 1967 Lansing... 17 in 1909 Muskegon... 24 in 1967 Kalamazoo... 22 in 1919 Battle Creek... 23 in 1967
GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MI...Freeze Warning from midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Thursday for MIZ043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074.
MARINE...None.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 807 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- Widespread Freezing Temperatures Tonight
- Multiple Rounds of Showers and Storms Through Monday
- Warming Trend Into Next Week
UPDATE
Issued at 803 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
Skies have cleared out and the winds diminished as high pressure in Ontario continues to build into MI. This will set up excellent radiational cooling for the region. Surface dewpoints were in the 20's for most of the region and that is where overnight lows will likely end up. Thus we will maintain the Freeze Warning for much of the region.
DISCUSSION
Issued at 315 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
- Widespread Freezing Temperatures Tonight
No change to the Freeze Warning as dew points have dropped into the teens and lower 20s across the northern zones this afternoon and this very dry air is advecting south as the cold air mass of northern Canadian origin settles southward across Lower Michigan.
We expect lows below freezing for all of the forecast area by daybreak on Thursday with several hours below freezing in some of the fruit growing areas, potentially causing damage to fruit blossoms. Thursday night will see moderating temperatures but with the residual cold and dry airmass, still has the potential for widespread areas below freezing late Thursday night.
- Multiple Rounds of Showers and Storms Through Monday
The overall pattern becomes more active this weekend as we transition into southwesterly flow across the Central Great Lakes.
This brings significant moisture into the area with PWAT values climbing to near 1.5 inches by Saturday morning (above the 97th percentile).
The first wave of precipitation is expected Friday night into Saturday morning as a shortwave passes to our north driving a warm frontal boundary through the CWA A general 0.25-0.75 inches of rain is expected with this system and thunder is likely early Saturday as elevated instability exceeds 1000 J/kg.
Confidence is low in convective development into the day on Saturday as mid-level ridging in place suggests the environment remains capped due to lack of forcing. A generally dry forecast is favored at present given this. However, high temperatures for the day approach model sounding convective temperatures meaning that scattered showers and storms are possible if we can get sufficient boundary layer heating (15-25 percent chance). Given MUCAPE values in excess of 1000 J/kg and a strong (45-60 kt) low level jet in place Saturday, it'll be worth keeping an eye on. Regardless, Saturday will be synoptically windy with the strong low-level jet and southwest flow in place. The EPS wind gust forecasts show a high (90+ percent) chance of 30 mph winds Saturday and low-moderate (25- 50 percent) chance of gusts exceeding 40 mph.
Confidence increases again for rainfall Sunday into Monday as an initial shortwave brings rain shower and storm chances as we sit in the warm sector, especially to the northwest half of the CWA, continuing into Monday as the main trough drives a cold front across the area. Showers wind down Monday night with dry conditions Tuesday and Wednesday as surface ridging moves into the state.
- Warming Trend Into Next Week
The other weather trend of note for the long term will be the temperatures. Robust warm air advection in the southwest flow pattern causes 850 mb temps to climb into the teens Saturday into Monday making highs in the upper 60s to 70s likely. Some guidance like the ECMWF MOS even has lower Michigan making a run towards 80 degree highs on Sunday when the warm air is most entrenched. We then briefly fall back into the 60s Tuesday as troughing pushes through the region.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/
Issued at 108 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
The MVFR cloud deck across Lower Michigan continues to erode with the MVFR cigs about to clear GRR in the coming hour. All sites will transition to VFR over the next few hours with skies clearing out this evening. A few cirrus clouds pass through tonight before skies clear fully again into tomorrow. Winds today will be from the north at 5-15 knots becoming northeast around 5 knots into Thursday as high pressure moves in.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/
Issued at 645 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
High pressure will be building down from the north tonight and into the TAF sites. This feature will generate generally clear skies and light winds. An onshore flow will develop close to the Lake MI shoreline Thursday afternoon.
MARINE
Issued at 315 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
The SCA continues into this evening with several sites still gusting over 25 knots at 19Z. We expect winds to slacken this evening and remain below 25 knots into Friday. Southwest winds will increase on Friday afternoon and a SCA may be needed for Friday night and Saturday. We have lowered NBM winds for Saturday since we expect the stronger winds to remain aloft in a warm advection pattern, so we do not expect to reach gales at this time.
CLIMATE
Issued at 315 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024
RECORD LOWS FOR APRIL 25TH
Grand Rapids... 22 in 1967 Lansing... 17 in 1909 Muskegon... 24 in 1967 Kalamazoo... 22 in 1919 Battle Creek... 23 in 1967
GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MI...Freeze Warning from midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Thursday for MIZ043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074.
MARINE...None.
| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | inHg | DewPt |
| MKGM4 - Muskegon, MI | 7 mi | 28 min | N 1.9G | 39°F | 30.32 | 21°F | ||
| 45161 | 9 mi | 38 min | 1 ft | |||||
| 45029 | 23 mi | 38 min | NNW 3.9G | 42°F | 46°F | 3 ft | 37°F | |
| HLNM4 - 9087031 - Holland, MI | 32 mi | 48 min | NNW 4.1G | 42°F | 52°F | 30.25 | 32°F | |
| LDTM4 - 9087023 - Ludington, MI | 51 mi | 48 min | E 1.9G | 33°F | 19°F |
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Airport Reports
EDIT (hide/show) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Vis | Sky | Weather | Temp | DewPt | RH | inHg |
| KMKG MUSKEGON COUNTY,MI | 5 sm | 23 min | NNW 04 | 10 sm | Clear | 39°F | 23°F | 52% | 30.30 | |
| KFFX FREMONT MUNI,MI | 18 sm | 23 min | NNE 03 | 10 sm | Clear | 36°F | 21°F | 55% | 30.29 |
Grand Rapids/Muskegon, MI,
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