Rochester Hills, Michigan 7 Day Weather Forecast

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AFDDTX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
648 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Yet another round of thunderstorms is likely Friday as a cold
front moves through Lower Michigan. There is a Marginal Risk of
severe intensity during the afternoon and evening.

- High temperatures increase back to the upper 80s to 90 degrees
Friday and Sunday after a brief cool down Saturday.

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.AVIATION...

Disorganized, scattered showers and thunderstorms, mostly around
FNT/PTK airports this evening should be dissipating late in the
evening with the loss of daytime heating. With surface dew pts in
the low to mid 70s and frontal boundary hanging around I-69
corridor, it appears likely MVFR low clouds and/or fog will develop,
with a good chance for a period of IFR over MBS where temp is cooler
and higher surface dew pts will make inroads overnight with very
light southerly winds. Lowest confidence in low cigs and visibility
restrictions over southern site (YIP/DTW/DET).

Another round of showers and thunderstorms appears likely tomorrow
afternoon as cold front arrives during peak heating. Southwest wind
gusts ahead of the front will likely reach into the 20-25 knot range
in the afternoon, in addition to the stronger/gustier winds in any
thunderstorm.

For DTW/D21 Convection...

 THRESHOLD PROBABILITIES...

* Low for thunderstorms this evening, moderate tomorrow afternoon.

* Low in ceilings aob 5000 feet through evening. Moderate late
  tonight and tomorrow afternoon.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
Issued at 417 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

DISCUSSION...

An interesting progression of thunderstorm development from this
morning continues to unfold across the area this afternoon and
evening. Broad scale support for nocturnal/elevated convection late
last night resulted in storms grazing the Tri Cities and Thumb
around sunrise this morning. The larger scale support, mainly near
the entrance region upper jet circulation, helped the 850-700 mb
theta-e ridge percolate over southern Lower Mi all morning until
becoming surface based toward noon. A messy multicell convective
mode dominated since then and which has migrated south of the Ohio
border after forecast issuance. Lingering severe potential, for
mainly damaging wind and heavy rainfall, has shifted farther north
to the hybrid marine layer/surface front. This has released new
storms where MLCAPE projections show a 2000 J/kg instability axis
through early evening. In all cases, precip loaded damaging wind
gusts are the primary severe hazard followed by heavy rainfall. Hail
is a distant third given the deep moisture profile and low CAPE
density in the mid levels.

The ongoing storms across Lower Mi are expected to dissipate with
the loss of heating tonight, in time to look toward the Midwest
where another low pressure system is interacting with the resident
surface front across the Great Lakes. Surface based storms out there
are also expected to diminish/dissipate on the downward side of the
heating cycle followed by a new transition to low level jet forced
convection tonight. The surface low moves into NW WI while pulling
the front back north into northern Lower Mi late tonight and Friday
morning. This presents a dry warm sector scenario for SE Mi and a
more favored nocturnal MCS track north of the Tri Cities late
tonight into Friday morning.

Yet another round of thunderstorms is likely for SE Mi Friday
afternoon as the WI surface low continues into northern Ontario
while dragging a cold front across Lower Mi. The solid warm sector
in place over the area is HREF projected to build SBCAPE up to
around 2000 J/kg ahead of the front. Bulk shear is also advertised
to be on the low side, however a deeper dive into model soundings
indicates unidirectional mid level flow around 35 knots with some
dry air around the 500 mb level. The big CAPE helps with the lower
end wind field for storms evolving into line segments along the
front with damaging wind potential the primary hazard, as good or
better than SPC`s Marginal Day 2 outlook for our area into Friday
evening.

The Friday cold front ushers weak high pressure into the area for
Saturday, slightly cooler and a little less humid. This reverses
Sunday as the next low pressure system moves into the Great Lakes
and brings highs back up near 90. The front associated with this
system leads to a larger scale pattern shift resulting in at least
lower humidity with greater staying power next week.

MARINE...

Marine conditions remain unsettled in terms of thunderstorms this
afternoon through Friday while wind and waves are otherwise subdued
outside of the storms during this time. The current center of low
pressure in the Midwest moves eastward along a frontal zone that has
been wavering across Lake Huron and Lower Michigan over the last
couple days. The low moves across the Straits Friday and pulls a
weak cold front southward through Lower Michigan and into the Ohio
valley Friday night. Light wind and favorable weather follow with
weak high pressure Saturday followed by another low pressure system
entering the northern Great Lakes during Sunday through Sunday
night. This system brings a stronger cold front into Lake Huron and
Lower Michigan to start next week.

&&

.DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...None.
Lake Huron...None.
Lake St Clair...None.
Michigan waters of Lake Erie...None.
&&

$$

AVIATION.....SF
DISCUSSION...BT
MARINE.......BT


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