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Ceresco, Michigan Weather Forecast Discussion

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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 405 AM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Unsettled Weather into Thursday

- Drying Out Friday Through the Weekend

- Near Normal Temperatures Trending to Above Normal

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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 404 AM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025

- Unsettled Weather into Thursday

Unsettled weather will continue today through Thursday as an upper trough digging into the Great Lakes today closes off overhead for Wednesday into Thursday. At the surface, a front off to our north this morning will sag southward through the forecast area as we head through tonight. Wednesday into Thursday we will be in a northerly flow regime and dew points will correspondingly drop.

SPC has us in a general thunder outlook for both today and Wednesday, but the better chance for storms will be today. The reasoning is that we will have the front for forcing and our highest dew points/instability will be today. Given weak flow/shear we are not expecting severe weather which is in line with SPC. Any storms on Wednesday will be more isolated. PWAT values today into tonight will peak in the 1.25 to 1.50 inch range so where storms persist some locally heavy rain is possible. Per the HREF we expect the highest concentration of thunderstorms to occur between 1pm and 9pm.

We will need to keep an eye on model trends to see if other models come in line with a deeper low Wed/Thurs. The ECMWF is deeper as it brings a low into the southern Great Lakes and therefore puts down a heavier swath of rain into our area. 1-2 inches of rain would fall in our southeast CWA towards Jackson in this scenario.

- Drying Out Friday Through the Weekend

Models have been consistent in showing a dry period of weather Friday through the weekend as high pressure becomes dominant both at the surface and aloft. CAPE values become non existent in the ECMWF ensembles and PWAT values dip towards 0.60 inches. So a change in airmass occurs as we get behind the mid week low.

- Near Normal Temperatures Trending to Above Normal

Near normal temperatures are expected today through Thursday with normals and forecast highs in the lower 70s. Moving forward, normal lows trail off into the middle 60s by early next week while temperatures will be rebounding. With mid level ridging building in we should see temperatures rise into the middle to upper 70s late in the weekend.

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.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 223 AM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025

A weak frontal boundary off to our north at 06z stretches from portions of Northern Lower Michigan southwest across Lake Michigan into portions of Central Wisconsin. This boundary has touched off scattered showers and thunderstorms early this morning well ahead of the front impacting MKG already. We expect this activity to gradually weaken with time early this morning as there is little shear for organization and dwindling instability.

We expect areas of stratus and fog to develop as we head towards daybreak with the I-94 TAF sites more likely at seeing the fog/stratus. The fog will lift through the course of the morning.

Another increase in shower and thunderstorm activity is expected Tuesday afternoon and evening in the heat of the day ahead of the southward advancing front. There should be a marked uptick in activity between 17z and 19z. The showers/storms should begin to decrease in coverage and intensity after dark with fog becoming an issue once again into Wednesday morning.

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.MARINE... Issued at 404 AM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025

Marine concerns remain on the low side this week. Waves of 2 feet or less are expected today and tonight with a weaker pressure gradient in place. Wednesday into Thursday northerly flow increases as low pressure slides northward through the Eastern Great Lakes. At this point we are expecting 10-20 knot winds and waves of 1-3 feet. That said, we will be keeping an eye on model trends as the ECWMF has a fairly strong low (999mb) over Southwest Ontario at 12z Thursday. If the ECWMF verifies winds and waves will need to be increased from current forecast values.

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

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DISCUSSION...Duke AVIATION...Duke MARINE...Duke

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