Pittsfield, Michigan 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS63 KDTX 132248
AFDDTX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
648 PM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Increasing chances for rain showers this evening and overnight,
south of M-59; a rumble of thunder cannot be ruled out.

- Showers may linger between I-94 and the MI/OH border Saturday
morning with decreasing cloud cover from north to south as the day
progresses.

- Warming trend begins Sunday with highs in the 80s, followed by
increasing humidity next week.

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.AVIATION...

Plume of higher moisture will linger across mainly the Detroit
airspace through tonight, north of a low pressure system tracking
across the Ohio valley. Existing VFR conditions hold through the
evening hours as light rain persists across this corridor. Gradual
decline in cloud base with time overnight will lead to a period of
MVFR restrictions lasting into Saturday morning. PTK to remain on
the northern fringe of this moisture with limited potential to dip
out of VFR. Higher based VFR will continue to mark conditions at
FNT/MBS tonight, outside of an impacts from the governing low
pressure. Lingering MVFR stratus across the DTW/YIP corridor will
lift with time Saturday, with a more expansive coverage of sct/bkn
VFR diurnal cu likely throughout SE MI during the afternoon. Winds
prevailing from the east-northeast through the period.

For DTW/D21 Convection... Showers will persist through tonight, but
limited instability precludes any potential for thunderstorm
development.

THRESHOLD PROBABILITIES...

* Low for ceilings at or below 5,000 feet prior to midnight, then
  high overnight through early Saturday.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
Issued at 311 PM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025

DISCUSSION...

Cut-off low over Missouri attempts to transition to an open wave,
gradually drifting northeastward into the Ohio Valley through the
next 48 hours. This will activate the stalled frontal boundary
draped across northern IN/OH resulting in some shower activity
lifting into portions of Southeast Michigan. At present, a weak lobe
of CVA has triggered a broken mesoscale line of light showers which
have held together over the last several hours, and continue to inch
northward. Added a 15 percent PoP area through he diurnal window
before these showers should dissipate. 13.12Z models have trended
both earlier and further north with more potent activity this
evening and overnight, mainly for locations south of M-59. KDTX
returns have increased over Lenawee and Monroe Counties with both
ADG and TTF now reporting -RA. Also monitoring low-end thunder
potential tonight, but leaning towards a very isolated approach
given the lack of dynamic forcing and nil instability north of the
boundary. A Slight Chance thunder mention was included with the
outgoing forecast.

The surface low is progged to track east along the Ohio River
tonight while high pressure continues to build southeastward,
centering over western Quebec. The boundary shows minimal movement
while triggering several rounds of showers and thunderstorms which
likely persist Saturday morning and into the midday hours. The more
prolonged activity should be confined well south of I-94, moreso
near the MI/OH border. Mainly dry conditions return Saturday for the
rest of the area with increasing geopotential heights. Clouds clear
from north to south which leads to a thermal gradient oriented with
the clearing trend. However, showers and thunderstorms likely
persist south of I-94 Saturday morning and into the midday hours
near the MI/OH border.

Daily temperature rises ensue Sunday with 850 mb temperatures
ascending into the mid-upper teens (Celsius) and a prolonged stretch
of +80F, possibly through the entire week. Split-flow aloft emerges
Saturday, lasting into early next week which suppresses widespread
shower/storm opportunities. Extended stretch of easterly flow shifts
southerly Monday into Tuesday as deep-layer flow orients
southwesterly with time. This delivers the first real dose of muggy
weather as surface dewpoints climb into the upper 60s, possibly
breaking the 70F mark by midweek. This coincides with the next
shortwave trough feature tracking across the Midwest. If
shear/instability materializes appropriately, thunderstorm activity
could become widespread.

MARINE...

A frontal boundary remains stalled over the Ohio Valley while broad
high pressure over northern Ontario gradually shifts into Quebec
this weekend. This pattern sustains light northeast wind, generally
15 kt or less, across the central Great Lakes. Enhanced wind
funneling down the axis of Saginaw Bay will reach 20 to 25 knots and
a Small Craft Advisory remains in effect through tonight. Showers
continue spreading across the southern lakes into early Saturday as
a weak low tracks along the stalled front to the south. Drier
weather follows Sunday as the high pressure builds in from the
north. Generally weak flow persists into early next week with warmer
and more unstable conditions arriving on south wind Monday and
Tuesday.

&&

.DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...None.
Lake Huron...Small Craft Advisory until 4 AM EDT Saturday for LHZ421-422.

Lake St Clair...None.
Michigan waters of Lake Erie...None.
&&

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AVIATION.....MR
DISCUSSION...KGK
MARINE.......TF


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