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KEY MESSAGES

- Light Snow Tonight

- Clipper Goes North of Lower Michigan

- Weekend Storm Potential

DISCUSSION

Issued at 235 PM EST Sat Feb 7 2026

- Light Snow Tonight

A weak shortwave trough is shearing out as it tracks quickly southeast tonight. Model soundings show the column moistens up this evening and light snow overcomes low level dry wedge by late evening. F-gen banding currently seen across northern Wisconsin should translate SE and clip roughly the western third of the forecast area overnight. Accums generally a dusting to an inch with potential for 1 to 2 inches over a narrow area where banding occurs. The moisture and lift dissipate by Sunday morning with fair and cold weather into early Monday.

- Clipper Goes North of Lower Michigan Monday

A northern stream shortwave trough and clipper tracks north of Lower Michigan Monday into Tuesday. Light snow could extend into the northern forecast area by Tuesday, but moisture profiles look rather dry and chance of snow is low there. Temperatures moderate during this time before cold air returns for mid-week as the clipper moves east.

- Weekend Storm Potential

Longwave pattern becomes more active by the end of the week with the potential for a low to be moving out of the Plains and either towards the Great Lakes or across the Ohio Valley. Ensemble spread is quite large at this point but there is enough of a signal to watch the evolution closely next week.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/

Issued at 617 PM EST Sat Feb 7 2026

Regional radar shows light snow moving southeast across Wisconsin, associated with a weak short wave aloft. We'll see light snow move across the western terminals after 06z. Visibilities will fall to IFR/MVFR for a few hours before the wave moves east and the snow ends around mid morning. Steady improvement in ceilings and visibility are expected once the snow ends.

GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

MI...None. MARINE...None.