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KEY MESSAGES

- Cool nights with patchy frost possible

- Otherwise very quiet into early next week

DISCUSSION

Issued at 213 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2026

500mb ridging will be occasionally reinforced over the region. An upper low moving north into New England will further slow the ability for this ridge to eject. This ridge is most likely to exit in the mid portion of next week, eventually returning rain chances. But very quiet before then.

Sprawling surface high pressure over eastern Canada will contribute to a persistent dry airmass here in northern MI. A weaker area of high pressure lingers over the Great Lakes early next week, after the east coast system moves north. And /that/ finally gets displaced by a cold front midweek next week.

Healthy cu field over ne lower MI, as diurnal heating interacts goes to work on lake-moistened air moving inland on east low-level winds. Those clouds fade away this evening with/after sunset. Another cool night tonight, with some mid/upper 30s in the interior cool spots in eastern upper and n central lower MI. Perhaps not quite as chilly (and not quite as much frost) as this morning; surface dew points have rebounded well into the 40s/near 50f.

Temp trends will be subtle moving forward. A hair warmer Thursday compared to today, and then relatively steady into the weekend. A brief pre-fropa temp bump is possible early next week, perhaps Tuesday.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 116 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2026

Mainly SKC and thus VFR through the period. Any pesky low CIG clouds at KCIU will likely diminish by 18Z or shortly after. Breezy east winds remain through this afternoon, before diminishing tonight. Light 5 to 15 kt winds on Thursday, generally from the southeast.

APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

MI...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for LHZ347.