ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 240428 SPC MCD 240428 MIZ000-240630- Mesoscale Discussion 2033 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1128 PM CDT Wed Aug 23 2023 Areas affected...Lower Michigan Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible Valid 240428Z - 240630Z Probability of Watch Issuance...40 percent SUMMARY...Convection is expected to increase across central and southeast lower Michigan over the next several hours. Some risk for hail and gusty winds may necessitate the need for a severe thunderstorm watch. DISCUSSION...Remnants of a weak short-wave trough have topped the central US ridge and are now digging southeast across northwest ON/northern Lake Superior. This feature appears to be aiding a westerly LLJ across southern WI into southern lower MI where 850mb flow is now on the order of 25-35kt. While the short wave will prove negligible in lowering heights across this region, sustained low-level warm advection is expected to aid strong, to potentially severe thunderstorms along the eastern edge of a strong cap. Plume of steep mid-level lapse rates continue to overspread this region and latest satellite imagery depicts deepening updrafts over southern Clare/northern Isabella County region. Scattered thunderstorms should develop over the next 1-2 hours and likely grow upscale as they spread southeast into the northwestern flank of the OH Valley MCS. This activity may produce some hail and wind. Will monitor for a potential severe thunderstorm watch but the primary risk may continue to be heavy rain as convection grows upscale. ..Darrow/Hart.. 08/24/2023 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...DTX...APX...GRR... LAT...LON 41738349 43838539 44108411 42278232 41738349 NNNN