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Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 5, 2008, 4:04 PM EST for 9 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 35 hr. 27 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2008, 4:04 PM EST (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2008, 3:32 AM EST
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Alba, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 5 PM. SNOW DEPTH 26 IN. |
| Dec 6, 12:30 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Wellston, MI | 2 HR TOTAL THRU 215 AM. |
| Dec 6, 12:30 AM EST | SNOW 3.1 | Wellston, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 1230 AM. SNOWDEPTH 13 IN. |
| Dec 6, 4:56 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Empire, MI | 11 HR TOTAL THRU 5 AM. |
| Dec 6, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 W Interlochen, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. SNOWDEPTH 20 IN. |
| Dec 6, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 9.6 | 4 E Honor, MI | 24 HR TOTAL THRU 7AM. SNOWDEPTH 21 IN. |
| Dec 6, 7:11 AM EST | SNOW 4.7 | Lake Ann, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. |
| Dec 6, 8:18 AM EST | SLEET 4.5 | Levering, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 8:18 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Levering, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 8:29 AM EST | SNOW 5.2 | 4 E Lake Ann, MI | 25 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOW DEPTH 23 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 9:02 AM EST | SNOW 7.2 | 7 Ssw Beulah, MI | 24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. |
| Dec 6, 9:06 AM EST | SNOW 4.1 | 4 W Suttons Bay, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM. |
| Dec 6, 9:15 AM EST | SNOW 5.8 | 1 W Lake Ann, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM. SNOW DEPTH 23 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 11:17 AM EST | SNOW 7.1 | Wellston, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 11 AM. SNOW DEPTH 20 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 1:13 PM EST | SNOW 9 | Wellston, MI | 14 HR TOTAL THRU 1 PM. 1.9 INCHES IN THE LAST 2 HRS. SNOW DEPTH 21 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 1:33 PM EST | SNOW 6.7 | 4 W Suttons Bay, MI | 16 HR TOTAL THRU 1 PM. |
| Dec 6, 2:58 PM EST | SNOW 7.5 | Lake Ann, MI | 18 HR TOTAL THRU 3 PM. SNOW DEPTH 30 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 4:03 PM EST | SNOW 7.8 | 4 W Suttons Bay, MI | 19 HR TOTAL THRU 4 PM. |
| Dec 6, 5:46 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 W Interlochen, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 530 PM. SNOW DEPTH 23 IN. |
| Dec 6, 6:17 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Sharon, MI | 6 HR TOTAL THRU 6 PM. SNOW DEPTH 21 IN. |
| Dec 6, 8:03 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 5 W Gaylord, MI | 4 HR TOTAL THRU 8 PM. |
| Dec 6, 8:39 PM EST | SNOW 4.7 | 4 E Lake Ann, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 830 PM. |
| Dec 6, 9:30 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 6 N Lake Ann, MI | 4.5 HR TOTAL THRU 930 PM. SNOW DEPTH IS 30 IN. WIDESPREAD DEEP DRIFTS. |
| Dec 6, 9:55 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Lake Ann, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 930 PM. SNOW DEPTH 30 IN. STORM TOTAL 11.0 IN. |
| Dec 6, 9:55 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Lake Ann, MI | 4.5 HR TOTAL THRU 930 PM. SNOW DEPTH 30 INCHES. STORM TOTAL 11.0 INCHES. REPORT IS APPARENTLY FROM SEVERAL MILES NORTH OF VILLAGE OF LAKE ANN. |
| Dec 6, 9:55 PM EST | SNOW 4.1 | 1 N Wellston, MI | 12 HR TOTAL THRU 11 PM. SNOW DEPTH 22 IN. |
| Dec 6, 9:55 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 11.2 | 1 N Wellston, MI | 24 HR TOTAL THRU 11 PM. SNOW DEPTH 22 IN. STORM TOTAL 14.3 IN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KAPX 052104 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 404 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN... .ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE FROM THE STRAITS DOWN THROUGH GRAND TRAVERSE BAY AND MANISTEE. MIZ015-061000- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0015.081206T0600Z-081207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0012.081205T2104Z-081206T2200Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 404 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED IN THIS AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ020-025-026-031-032-061000- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0015.081206T0600Z-081207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0012.081205T2104Z-081206T2200Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY... MANISTEE...CADILLAC 404 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AREAS...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW LIKELY BY SATURDAY EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ016-061000- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0015.081206T0600Z-081207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0012.081205T2104Z-081206T2200Z/ EMMET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PETOSKEY 404 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AREAS...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW LIKELY BY SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ008-061000- /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0012.081205T2104Z-081206T2200Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 404 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW LIKELY BY SATURDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF M-28 AND EAST OF M-129. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ019-021-061000- /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0012.081205T2104Z-081206T2200Z/ CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA 404 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AREAS...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW LIKELY BY SATURDAY EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KAPX 052136 CCA WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 432 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN... .ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE FROM THE STRAITS DOWN THROUGH GRAND TRAVERSE BAY AND MANISTEE. MIZ015-061045- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0015.081206T0600Z-081207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0012.081205T2132Z-081206T2200Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 432 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED IN THIS AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ020-025-026-031-032-061045- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0015.081206T0600Z-081207T0600Z/ /O.COR.KAPX.WS.W.0012.081205T2132Z-081206T2200Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY... MANISTEE...CADILLAC 432 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AREAS...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW LIKELY BY SATURDAY EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ016-061045- /O.UPG.KAPX.WS.A.0015.081206T0600Z-081207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0012.081205T2132Z-081206T2200Z/ EMMET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PETOSKEY 432 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AREAS...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW LIKELY BY SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ008-061045- /O.COR.KAPX.WS.W.0012.081205T2132Z-081206T2200Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 432 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW LIKELY BY SATURDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF M-28 AND WEST OF M-129. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ019-021-061045- /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0012.081205T2132Z-081206T2200Z/ CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA 432 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AREAS...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW LIKELY BY SATURDAY EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS43 KAPX 060320 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1020 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN INTO SATURDAY... .ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE FROM THE STRAITS DOWN THROUGH GRAND TRAVERSE BAY AND MANISTEE. MIZ008-015-061000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081206T2200Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE 1020 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. A SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MACKINAC AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED IN THIS AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...PERIODIC SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ016-019>021-025-026-031-032-061000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081206T2200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 1020 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. A SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AREAS...WITH 6 OR MORE INCHES OF NEW SNOW LIKELY BY SATURDAY EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS43 KAPX 061631 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1131 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 MIZ008-015-062200- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081206T2200Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE 1131 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL WILL WIND DOWN THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTH-NORTHWEST. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ016-019>021-025-026-031-032-062200- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081206T2200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 1131 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL WILL WIND DOWN BY LATE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL AFTERNOON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ017-022-027-028-033-062200- /O.NEW.KAPX.WW.Y.0017.081206T1631Z-081206T2200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-OTSEGO-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-MISSAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...GAYLORD...KALKASKA... GRAYLING...LAKE CITY 1131 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JPB
000 WWUS43 KAPX 062121 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 421 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 MIZ008-062230- /O.CAN.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081206T2200Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 421 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MIZ016-019>021-025-026-031-032-071000- /O.EXT.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 421 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF US-131 TONIGHT...BRINGING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ015-071000- /O.EXT.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 421 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS WEST OF M-123 TONIGHT...BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY SIGNIFICANTLY AT TIMES AND MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ018-024-071000- /O.EXB.KAPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA 421 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. A COMBINATION OF SNOW SHOWERS OFF NORTHERN LAKE HURON...AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ALONG THE US-23 CORRIDOR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MIZ017-022-027-028-033-071000- /O.EXT.KAPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ CHEBOYGAN-OTSEGO-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-MISSAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...GAYLORD...KALKASKA... GRAYLING...LAKE CITY 421 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. A COMBINATION OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS...AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING FROM NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH...WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JPB
000 WWUS43 KAPX 070256 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 956 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 MIZ022-027-071000- /O.UPG.KAPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ /O.EXA.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ OTSEGO-KALKASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...KALKASKA 956 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. A COMBINATION OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS...AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING FROM NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES TONIGHT. TOTAL NIGHTTIME ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO LOCALLY 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ016-019>021-025-026-031-032-071000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 956 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF US- 131 TONIGHT...BRINGING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WITH PERIODIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ015-071000- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 956 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS WEST OF M- 123 TONIGHT...BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY SIGNIFICANTLY AT TIMES AND MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. $$ MIZ017-018-024-028-033-071000- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-MISSAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA... GRAYLING...LAKE CITY 956 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. A COMBINATION OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS...AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING FROM NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH...WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LAWRENCE
000 WWUS43 KAPX 070832 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 332 AM EST SUN DEC 7 2008 MIZ015-016-019>022-025>027-031-032-070945- /O.CAN.KAPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE- GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. IGNACE...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY... KALKASKA...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 332 AM EST SUN DEC 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ MIZ017-018-024-028-033-070945- /O.CAN.KAPX.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081207T1000Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-MISSAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...ALPENA... GRAYLING...LAKE CITY 332 AM EST SUN DEC 7 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. $$ MR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 5, 12:40 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 12:40 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1240 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008
.SYNOPSIS.../ISSUED AT 442 AM/
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TODAY BRINGING
SOMEWHAT OF A RESPITE FROM THE SNOW...ALTHOUGH LAKE SNOW SHOWERS
WILL MOST CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO SOME DEGREE IN THE SNOW BELTS.
ANOTHER QUICK MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NRN GREAT
LAKES ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING YET ADDITIONAL LIGHTER SNOWFALL
TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN...ALONG WITH ENHANCED LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL TO
SOME AREAS.
&&
.SHORT TERM.../ISSUED AT 1050 AM/...THIS AFTERNOON
MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM TX/OK
NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...WHILE APPROACHING ALBERTA CLIPPER
DROPPING INTO MANITOBA...WITH 6-7MB/3HR PRESSURE FALLS TO ITS
SOUTHEAST OVER ND. REMAINING WESTERLY FLOW LAKE EFFECT BANDS
PRIMARILY NORTH OF M-32...WITH LIGHTER FLURRIES TO THE SOUTHWEST
AROUND TVC/FKS/CAD. LAKE SUPERIOR BAND HAS LIFTED AWAY FROM
CHIPPEWA COUNTY.
WINDS ARE BACKING SOUTHWEST LATE THIS MORNING...AND SHOULD PUT THE
LAKE EFFECT FOCUS FOR THE AFTERNOON ON THE TIP OF THE MITT COUNTIES
AND CENTRAL/EASTERN MACKINAC COUNTY. BIGGEST CONCERN WILL BE RIGHT
IN THE VICINITY OF THE BRIDGE...WHERE FOCUSED CONVERGENCE BETWEEN
SOUTHWEST SYNOPTIC FLOW AND LAND BREEZE INDUCED NORTHWEST FLOW OFF
THE SOUTHEAST SHORE OF THE UPPER PENINSULA MAY FOCUS A MORE
PERSISTENT BAND OF SNOW INTO AREAS AROUND ST IGNACE. WILL BUMP
AFTERNOON SNOW AMOUNTS UP A BIT ACROSS SOUTHEAST MACKINAC/CHIPPEWA
COUNTIES PLUS DRUMMOND ISLAND TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS POSSIBILITY. BIG
WINNER TODAY FROM A NICE DAY STANDPOINT MAY BE NORTHERN CHIPPEWA
COUNTY...WHERE LOW SINGLE DIGIT DEW POINTS MAY PRECLUDE MUCH
DIURNAL CLOUD DEVELOPMENT. MOSTLY SUNNY AREAS OVER NORTHEAST LOWER
TO START SHOULD CLOUD OVER THIS AFTERNOON.
ALL NEAR TERM HEADLINES WILL BE GOING DOWN...WILL TRY FOR A SHORT
PERIOD OF QUASI-HEADLINE FREE WEATHER BEFORE TRANSITIONING INTO
EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH INCOMING CLIPPER.
JPB
&&
.LONG TERM.../ISSUED AT 442 AM/...TONIGHT AND BEYOND
MOVING ONWARD TO THE NEXT HEADLINE ISSUES. NOT MUCH OF A BREAK TO
SPEAK OF AS NEXT UPSTREAM SYSTEM (CURRENTLY NE OF LAKE WINNIPEG)
SLATED TO DROP QUICKLY INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT WHILE
ATTENDING SFC LOW DEEPENS AND PASSES THROUGH THE NRN GREAT LAKES ON
SATURDAY. SYNOPTICALLY...APPEARS LIKE YOUR TYPICAL 1-3/2-4 INCH
CLIPPER SYSTEM WITH A 9-12 HOUR OF DECENT QG-UPWARD FORCING SLIDING
THROUGH THE REGION BETWEEN 06Z AND 18Z...FOLLOWED BY A SECONDARY
SHORT WAVE AND SOME FOCUSED F-GEN FORCING SLIDING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING. BUT MAIN PROBLEM OF COURSE IS THE LAKE
ENHANCEMENT AND ULTIMATELY LAKE EFFECT ASPECT. AND DESPITE WARM
ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE LOW (H8 WARM NOSE OF -10C SURGING INTO THE
REGION BY SAT MORNING) STILL PLENTY OF LAKE INSTABILITY ON TOP OF
INVERSION HEIGHTS CLIMBING TO NEAR 700 MB FOR RESPECTABLE SOUTHWEST
FLOW ENHANCEMENT AROUND THE STRAITS AND DOWN THROUGH GRAND TRAVERSE
BAY AND MANISTEE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MIDDAY...WITH SOME OF
THIS HEFTIER LAKE CONVECTION PUSHING INLAND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS
WINDS SHIFT W-NW. THEN...YET ANOTHER PERIOD OF NW FLOW LAKE EFFECT
SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THIS SYSTEM.
ALL TOLD...WARNING CRITERIA SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BE HAD OVER
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT. BUT THE TRICKIEST PART IS TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER THE
SYNOPTIC/LAKE ENHANCED/LAKE EFFECT ASPECTS IN DETERMINING A NEW SET
OF HEADLINES. ADDING UP FORECAST ACCUMULATIONS PEGS AREAS WEST OF
U.S. 131 AROUND GRAND TRAVERSE BAY AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF EMMET AND
MACKINAC COUNTIES WITH WARNING CRITERIA SNOW. WILL THEREFORE HOIST A
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THOSE AREAS RUNNING OVERNIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING.
NO CHANGES MADE BEYOND SATURDAY NIGHT.
ADAM
&&
.MARINE.../ISSUED AT 442 AM/
SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR MOST NEARSHORE AREAS THROUGH
SATURDAY. INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW TONIGHT MAY BRING A PERIOD OF
GALE FORCE GUSTS TO LAKES MICHIGAN AND HURON TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY.
ADAM
&&
.AVIATION.../ISSUED AT 1240 PM/...VALID FOR 18Z TAFS
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODIC IFR CONDITIONS TO
PLN/TVC INTO THIS EVENING...WITH MORE PERSISTENT IFR CONDITIONS
TONIGHT. APN EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR THROUGH MUCH OF THE
NIGHT...DROPPING TO IFR SATURDAY AS SNOW MOVES IN.
&&
.APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
FOR MIZ015-016.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
FOR MIZ020-025-026-031-032.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY FOR LMZ323-341.
GALE WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY FOR
LMZ342-344>346.
LH...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY FOR LHZ345>347.
GALE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY FOR LHZ348-349.
LS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY FOR LSZ321-322.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 11:11 AM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1111 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042- 061200- STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL- MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT- STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY- SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG- SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT- MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA- MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM- OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD- OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- GLADWIN-ARENAC- 1111 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL WILL BRING ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT. SEE ONGOING WINTER STORM WATCH FOR DETAILS. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LAKE ENHANCED SNOWFALL WILL BRING ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE MICHIGAN SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS WHITEFISH BAY SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS...PLEASE RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JPB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 5, 10:32 AM EST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1032 AM EST FRI DEC 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 AM SNOW MANCELONA 44.90N 85.06W
12/05/2008 M4.0 INCH ANTRIM MI BROADCAST MEDIA
12 HR TOTAL THRU 500 AM.
0529 AM SNOW CADILLAC 44.25N 85.42W
12/05/2008 M1.5 INCH WEXFORD MI BROADCAST MEDIA
12 HR TOTAL THRU 500 AM.
0529 AM SNOW SUTTONS BAY 44.98N 85.65W
12/05/2008 M1.5 INCH LEELANAU MI BROADCAST MEDIA
12 HR TOTAL THRU 5 AM.
0554 AM HEAVY SNOW ALBA 44.98N 84.97W
12/05/2008 M12.0 INCH ANTRIM MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HOUR TOTAL THROUGH 6 AM. SNOW DEPTH 27 INCHES.
0640 AM SNOW VANDERBILT 45.14N 84.66W
12/05/2008 E2.0 INCH OTSEGO MI BROADCAST MEDIA
12 HR TOTAL THRU 6 AM.
0640 AM SNOW CHEBOYGAN 45.64N 84.47W
12/05/2008 M4.0 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI BROADCAST MEDIA
12 HR TOTAL THRU 6 AM.
0640 AM SNOW SUTTONS BAY 44.98N 85.65W
12/05/2008 M1.5 INCH LEELANAU MI BROADCAST MEDIA
12 HR TOTAL THRU 6 AM.
0648 AM HEAVY SNOW 4 SW GAYLORD 44.99N 84.73W
12/05/2008 M11.0 INCH OTSEGO MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HR TOTAL THRU 630 AM. SNOWDEPTH 27 IN.
0648 AM SNOW PETOSKEY 45.38N 84.96W
12/05/2008 M4.0 INCH EMMET MI BROADCAST MEDIA
12 HR TOTAL THRU 6 AM.
0648 AM SNOW BOYNE FALLS 45.17N 84.90W
12/05/2008 M4.0 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI BROADCAST MEDIA
12 HR TOTAL THRU 6 AM.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 WNW GAYLORD 45.04N 84.71W
12/05/2008 M7.8 INCH OTSEGO MI NWS EMPLOYEE
12HR TOTAL ENDING 7AM. 24HR TOTAL 10.1 INCHES. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 7AM WEDNESDAY 14.4 INCHES. SNOW
DEPTH 19 INCHES.
0730 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 ESE ELMIRA 45.05N 84.79W
12/05/2008 M9.0 INCH OTSEGO MI NWS EMPLOYEE
12 HR TOTAL THRU 730 AM. 11.5 INCHES IN 24 HRS. SNOW
DEPTH 21 INCHES.
0754 AM HEAVY SNOW 8 W PARADISE 46.63N 85.20W
12/05/2008 M10.5 INCH CHIPPEWA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 22 IN.
0800 AM SNOW 1 E GAYLORD 45.03N 84.65W
12/05/2008 M8.0 INCH OTSEGO MI PUBLIC
12 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOW DEPTH 20 IN.
0800 AM SNOW INDIAN RIVER 45.42N 84.62W
12/05/2008 M4.3 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI PUBLIC
12 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOW DEPTH 16 IN.
0800 AM SNOW TRAVERSE CITY 44.75N 85.60W
12/05/2008 M6.0 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM.
0800 AM SNOW GAYLORD 45.03N 84.67W
12/05/2008 M11.0 INCH OTSEGO MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOW DEPTH 27 IN.
0800 AM SNOW 3 SE GAYLORD 45.00N 84.63W
12/05/2008 M8.0 INCH OTSEGO MI NWS EMPLOYEE
12 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM.
0900 AM HEAVY SNOW 10 ESE INDIAN RIVER 45.36N 84.43W
12/05/2008 M13.0 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI BROADCAST MEDIA
14 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM.
0924 AM HEAVY SNOW INDIAN RIVER 45.42N 84.62W
12/05/2008 M5.6 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
13 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM. 1.3 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR.
&&
SWRLocal storm report, Dec 5, 11:58 AM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1158 AM EST FRI DEC 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM SNOW WHITEFISH POINT 46.75N 84.98W
12/05/2008 M6.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM. SNOWDEPTH 16 IN.
&&
SWRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Benzie, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Wexford | 13 hr |
| Dec 5, 5:14 AM EST | Gale Warning | APX | 54 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.