FOR TONIGHT THE LOW LEVEL FLOW GOES WESTERLY AND A SHORTWAVE COMES THROUGH WHICH BRINGS A SIGNIFICANT BUMP IN MOISTURE DEPTH AND INVERSION HEIGHTS PER BUFKIT PROFILES. HIRES DATA HAS A STRONG SIGNAL FOR A STRONG CONVERGENCE BAND SETTING UP NEAR THE I-96 CORRIDOR. THIS OCCURS AS THE VERY COLD AIR IS INFILTRATING OUR SE CWFA FROM THE SOUTHWEST, SETTING UP STRONG LOW LEVEL FGEN FORCING NEAR THE INTERFACE OF THE MUCH WARMER LAKE MODIFIED AIR.
BANDS NEAR I-96 SHOULD INTENSIFY BY 10 PM AND WILL BE FAIRLY NARROW SO AMOUNTS TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE. WHERE BANDS PERSIST IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING TO SEE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UPWARD OF ONE FOOT BY NOON SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY WITHIN A TRIANGULAR POLYGON BOUNDED BY ROUGHLY MKG-BIV-IONIA, INCLUDING GRR. THE WIND REGIME LATER TONIGHT VERY MUCH FAVORS THE GRR AREA/KENT COUNTY FOR SOME HIGHER END L.E.S. AMOUNTS.