484 FNUS73 KAPX 240624 FWSAPX Spot Forecast for Walsh Rd.Crawford Side...MDNR National Weather Service Gaylord MI 224 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on August 24. If conditions become unrepresentative... contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at (989)732-9306, if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Low clouds and moisture linger today. Northwest winds will quickly strengthen to 13 mph with gust of 20 mph (as high as 25 mph) by late morning. Temperatures will warm into the high 60s. Minimum relative humidity will remain near 56% due to moisture wrapping around a larger storm system over the eastern Great Lakes. Although rain is not expected, on and off cloud cover will continue through the day. Excellent vent rates by the late afternoon due to mixing heights rising to 3 kft and transport winds of 20 mph. Surface winds will gradually weaken during the late afternoon and evening, becoming calm by 10 PM EDT tonight. Warmer and drier with lighter winds for Tuesday as surface high pressure dominates. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of thunder...0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 68. Min humidity........56 percent. 20-foot winds.......Northwest winds 9 to 12 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 21 mph. Mixing height.......1000-2900 ft AGL increasing to 3100-3500 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Ventilation index...Poor to excellent (126.0-618.0). TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........75 75 82 84 88 87 81 80 76 72 68 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............56 57 58 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 RH..............85 83 80 75 72 70 67 65 65 63 63 20 ft wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 ft wind spd..10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 20 ft wind gust.17 18 19 20 22 23 24 24 21 19 17 Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.4 2.1 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.5 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.15 18 21 21 21 20 20 21 21 21 20 Vrate kt-ft.....126 220 372 428 508 468 491 564 592 618 602 Ventrate Cat....PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD EXL EXL .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) with patchy fog. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 45. Max humidity........100 percent. 20-foot winds.......Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph with gusts to around 16 mph in the evening becoming light. Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 18 mph decreasing to 7 to 9 mph late in the evening. Mixing height.......2600-3100 ft AGL decreasing to 400-1000 ft AGL early in the evening. Ventilation index...Poor to good (26.0-492.0). TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........56 45 43 35 33 29 25 24 23 22 23 23 Weather cov..... PTY PTY Weather type.... FOG FOG Tstm cov........ Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............67 66 64 61 59 57 55 53 51 50 47 45 RH..............63 65 70 78 83 90 93 100 100 100 100 100 20 ft wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 ft wind spd..10 10 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 20 ft wind gust.16 15 11 10 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mix hgt (kft)...3.1 2.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.18 16 13 10 9 8 9 9 9 7 7 8 Vrate kt-ft.....492 367 110 49 39 31 39 43 55 26 27 37 Ventrate Cat....GD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Patchy fog early in the morning. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 80. Min humidity........39 percent. 20-foot winds.......Light NW winds turning west around noon. Occasional gusts up to 15 mph. Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......400-2300 ft AGL increasing to 5700-6000 ft AGL. Ventilation index...Poor to good (26.0-494.0). TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........22 21 21 21 21 21 29 36 44 38 32 26 Weather cov.....PTY PTY PTY PTY Weather type....FOG FOG FOG FOG Tstm cov........ Chc of thdr (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............45 46 51 56 64 70 73 75 76 78 79 79 RH..............100 100 100 93 73 59 51 46 43 40 39 39 20 ft wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W 20 ft wind spd..2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 ft wind gust.0 0 5 6 9 9 10 10 12 13 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.3 2.3 3.2 4.0 4.7 5.1 5.7 6.0 5.7 Transp wind dir.W W NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW W W Transp wind spd.7 7 8 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Vrate kt-ft.....26 26 39 78 151 259 334 382 409 466 494 456 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD $$ Forecaster...ELD Requested by...6-50 Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2620181.0/APX .DELDT 08/24/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL JANISSEM@michigan.gov,CORSERJ@MICHIGAN.GOV  259 FNUS71 KAKQ 240645 FWSAKQ Spot Forecast for Mineral Sands Leg !(NF-26-10)...NOAA Ship Nancy Foster National Weather Service Wakefield VA 245 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on August 24. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service at 757-899-5734. .DISCUSSION... Benign conditions are expected today with primarily a SW wind of 5 to 10 knots through this evening. A weak cold front moves through late tonight with the wind becoming N 5 to 10 knots by early Tuesday morning, which then becomes NE during the afternoon. Seas will be around 3 ft early this morning, before subsiding to 2 to 3 feet later this morning through this afternoon, then around 2 feet tonight into Tuesday. Dominant wave periods will initially be a mix 4 to 6 second and 10 to 12 second swell this morning, and then 10 to 12 seconds is expected to be the primarily swell later tonight through Tuesday. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 81. Max apparent temp...84. Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds 8 to 9 knots shifting to the around 9 knots late in the afternoon. Wave height.........2 feet. Wave period.........12 SECONDS. Visibility..........7. TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........29 48 42 38 26 17 13 10 13 13 19 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............77 77 78 79 79 80 80 80 81 81 80 Aparnt tmp (F)..78 78 79 80 80 83 83 83 84 84 83 SFC wnd dir.....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SFC wnd spd kts.8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 SFC wnd gst.....10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wave period (s).12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wave height (ft)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......10 percent. Min temperature.....Around 74. Max apparent temp...83. Surface winds (kts).Southwest winds 6 to 8 knots shifting to the north 7 to 8 knots after 3 am. Wave height.........2 feet. Wave period.........11 SECONDS. Visibility..........7. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........23 28 26 35 34 38 29 24 26 13 20 26 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 Temp............80 79 78 77 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 Aparnt tmp (F)..83 81 80 79 78 78 78 77 76 76 76 76 SFC wnd dir.....SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W NW N N SFC wnd spd kts.8 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 SFC wnd gst.....10 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 Wave period (s).11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wave height (ft)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 79. Max apparent temp...79. Surface winds (kts).North winds 6 to 10 knots shifting to the northeast late in the afternoon. Wave height.........2 feet. Wave period.........11 SECONDS. Visibility..........7. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........21 22 32 28 16 16 12 12 20 15 12 11 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............74 75 76 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 78 77 Aparnt tmp (F)..75 76 76 75 75 75 75 76 76 77 79 78 SFC wnd dir.....N N N N N N N N N N N NE SFC wnd spd kts.8 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 SFC wnd gst.....10 10 11 11 13 13 11 10 9 8 6 5 Wave period (s).11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Wave height (ft)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Visibility (sm).7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 $$ Forecaster...ZIMMERMAN Requested by...Operations officer Type of request...MARINE .TAG 2620171.2/AKQ .DELDT 08/24/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL xo.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,co.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,fred.austin@noaa.gov,nav.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,ops.nancy.foster@noaa.gov,keith.martin@noaa.gov,greg.walker@noaa.gov,dale.gump@noaa.gov