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KEY MESSAGES

- Fog Possible Late Tonight into Sunday Morning

- Cooler Early Week Period, Then Warming Again

- Chance for Showers Late Week

DISCUSSION

Issued at 152 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2026

- Fog Possible Late Tonight into Sunday Morning

There is another risk for fog beginning late tonight especially east of US 131. NBM hourly guidance indicates dew point depressions near zero, RH values close to 100%, and wind speeds less than 5 mph. HRRR soundings at LAN and JXN show solid low level temperature inversions with light winds through the stable layer. As a result, it seems probable that at least patchy if not numerous areas of fog may develop once again tonight mainly closer to 06z and possibly lasting to 14z or so. The best risk is near and east of a Big Rapids to Battle Creek line.

- Cooler Early Week Period, Then Warming Again

Relative to the temperatures we've had over the last week, cooler readings move in Monday into Tuesday as a cold front swings through the state and winds shift out of the north and then northeast. This front should move through dry. Highs across central Lower MI dip into the mid to upper 50s each day while southern Lower MI stays more in low to mid 60s.

From Wednesday through Halloween, ensemble guidance favors upper 60s to low 70s each day, well above normal for the end of October.

- Chance for Showers Late Week

An increasing low level jet late Wednesday ahead of a trailing cold front associated with a deepening low over Ontario may bring some showers to the region as early as late Wednesday, lingering into Thursday. Probabilities are currently 20-40% for this to occur, with the highest likelihood near and west of US 131.

Too early to determine if Halloween may stay dry or not. Ensemble guidance's individual member QPF shows a more active signal late next weekend into early November for a rather wet pattern. Whether this impacts Halloween remains to be seen. A period of anomalously high PWAT values may move in by late next weekend with perhaps enough instability to support a chance for thunderstorms.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/

Issued at 133 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2026

VFR conditions are expected through the remainder of the afternoon. More fog development is expected overnight with vsbys falling to a quarter mile or so after 06z. Once the fog develops, IFR/LIFR conditions will persist until it burns off mid morning.

GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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