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KEY MESSAGES
- Not much precip with the next clipper
- Late Week Storms may stay south
DISCUSSION
Issued at 332 PM EST Sun Feb 8 2026
- Not much precip with the next clipper
A northern stream shortwave trough and clipper low tracks north of Lower Michigan Monday into Tuesday. An area of warm air advection and isentropic ascent could bring light snow or mixed precip into the northern forecast Monday night, but moisture profiles look rather dry so slight to chance POPs look good for now. QPF expected to be trace to a couple hundredths so impacts of any frozen or freezing precip should be limited.
Temperatures moderate briefly before cold air returns for mid- week as the clipper moves east and Canadian high pressure builds in. Inversion heights remain AOB 5 kft AGL with fairly dry soundings, so there are currently no POPs for Tuesday night and Wednesday. It's still possible POPs would need to added if moisture profiles look more promising in the northwest flow following the cold FROPA on Tuesday.
- Late Week Storms may stay south
An active southern stream is expected during the latter half of the week and into next weekend, but the longer range guidance has trended towards keeping the surface low tracks further south with a separate northern stream and any phasing holding off until perhaps next week. So only chance or slight chance POPs in the current forecast for Thursday night and again over the weekend as deep moisture/surface lows remain well to the south of Lower Michigan.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/
Issued at 636 PM EST Sun Feb 8 2026
Tranquil VFR conditions remain on track through the night and likely throughout most or all of the day tomorrow. A persistent area of low-vfr (4K to 6K ft cloud heights) near the Chicago area will continue trying to slowly drift across Lake Michigan, and may affect the AZO/BTL/MKG sites closer to the lakeshore after midnight. A larger area of middle and higher-level clouds move in during the day tomorrow, but winds remain light and overall benign conditions are expected to continue.
GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MI...None. MARINE...None.
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