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KEY MESSAGES
- Cool nights with fog, perhaps frost possible
- Very quiet into early next week
DISCUSSION
Issued at 215 PM EDT Fri Sep 25 2026
Shortwave trof overhead, contributing to the high clouds now present, will drift southward to the southern lakes and OH Valley. Cloud cover will continue to erode nw to se thru the afternoon and evening hours. Pinched upper ridge will then remain overhead this weekend and early next week, as slow-moving nor'easter contributes to a stalled upper pattern.
The relatively slow clearing today, with delayed diurnal heating/ mixing, should leave us more prone to fog tonight. Winds will be effectively calm tonight (outside of lake breezes, we have little wind this afternoon). Also not impossible for some spotty mid 30s for lows tonight, and corresponding patchy frost.
Better mixing will be seen on Saturday, and there is drier air available aloft to mix down. For fire wx users, have lowered guidance dew points/RHs, which reach as low as 30 percent Sat afternoon between CAD and MBL. Winds remain light/variable, so not overly concerned.
Our next active wx looks unlikely until midweek, Tue night and beyond. The nor'easter low opens up and ejects, and the train behind it can start moving. There will also be an infusion of eastern Pacific tropical moisture into the sw states, though for now the northern and southern streams will only marginally interact, at least thru midweek. Monday and Tuesday are looking like the warmest days of this dry spell.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/
Issued at 1251 PM EDT Fri Sep 25 2026
20kft cloud deck will continue to slowly scatter out today, slowest for APN, and could hang on longer for PLN/MBL. Few-Sct 2500-4000ft clouds possible, esp for CIU/PLN and perhaps TVC this afternoon, but otherwise SKC with light/vrb winds (lake breezes expected, esp for TVC/MBL/APN). Tonight...think fog will return again, particularly for CIU, but could sneak further south/east into PLN, etc. Have included this idea in tafs attm, most aggressively with CIU going LIFR overnight, similar to last night. Winds remain light and variable, with land-breeze (onshore) winds at APN/TVC/MBL. Returning to VFR in the morning with continued light/vrb winds.
APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MI...None. MARINE...None.
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