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Small Craft Advisory 26, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this small craft advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 10:44 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2012, 10:44 AM EST (15:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 3:38 AM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WHUS73 KAPX 031544 MWWAPX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1044 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 LMZ323-342-344>346-032345- /O.CAN.KAPX.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120303T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.SC.Y.0026.120303T1544Z-120304T0400Z/ GRAND TRAVERSE BAY SOUTH OF A LINE GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT TO NORWOOD MI- NORWOOD MI TO 5NM WEST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY-SLEEPING BEAR POINT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT MI- POINT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT MI- MANISTEE TO POINT BETSIE MI- 1044 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ LHZ345-346-349-031645- /O.CAN.KAPX.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120304T0000Z/ STRAITS OF MACKINAC WITHIN 5NM OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING MACKINAC ISLAND-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL- STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI- 1044 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. $$ LMZ341-031645- /O.CAN.KAPX.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120303T1800Z/ SEUL CHOIX POINT TO 5NM WEST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE- 1044 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. $$ LHZ347-348-032345- /O.CON.KAPX.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120304T0000Z/ 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT MI INCLUDING BOIS BLANC ISLAND- PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON PT MI INCLUDING THUNDER BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 1044 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD
3 follow-up statements
478 WHUS73 KAPX 032111 MWWAPX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 411 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 LHZ347-348-040515- /O.CAN.KAPX.GL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120304T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KAPX.SC.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120304T1000Z/ 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT MI INCLUDING BOIS BLANC ISLAND- PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON PT MI INCLUDING THUNDER BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 411 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ LMZ323-342-344>346-040515- /O.EXT.KAPX.SC.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120304T1000Z/ GRAND TRAVERSE BAY SOUTH OF A LINE GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT TO NORWOOD MI- NORWOOD MI TO 5NM WEST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY-SLEEPING BEAR POINT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT MI- POINT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT MI- MANISTEE TO POINT BETSIE MI- 411 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. * PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD
792 WHUS73 KAPX 040348 MWWAPX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1048 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 LMZ323-342-344>346-041000- /O.CON.KAPX.SC.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120304T1000Z/ GRAND TRAVERSE BAY SOUTH OF A LINE GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT TO NORWOOD MI- NORWOOD MI TO 5NM WEST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY-SLEEPING BEAR POINT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT MI- POINT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT MI- MANISTEE TO POINT BETSIE MI- 1048 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. * PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ LHZ347-348-041000- /O.CON.KAPX.SC.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120304T1000Z/ 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT MI INCLUDING BOIS BLANC ISLAND- PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON PT MI INCLUDING THUNDER BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- 1048 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. * PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD
531 WHUS73 KAPX 040838 MWWAPX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 338 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 LHZ347-348-LMZ323-342-344>346-040945- /O.CAN.KAPX.SC.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-120304T1000Z/ 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT MI INCLUDING BOIS BLANC ISLAND- PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON PT MI INCLUDING THUNDER BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- GRAND TRAVERSE BAY SOUTH OF A LINE GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT TO NORWOOD MI- NORWOOD MI TO 5NM WEST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE INCLUDING LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY-SLEEPING BEAR POINT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT MI- POINT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT MI- MANISTEE TO POINT BETSIE MI- 338 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Mar 3, 10:02 AM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 10:02 AM EST, 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1002 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1001 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
ONLY NEEDED A FEW TWEAKS TO THE FORECAST WITH WRAP AROUND SYNOPTIC
SNOWFALL BEING ENHANCED A BIT BY TRAJECTORIES OVER THE
SURROUNDING GREAT LAKES. STILL A COUPLE POCKETS OF HEAVIER
SNOW BANDS AROUND TVC TOWARD GOV-HTL...AND SOME IMPACTING THE TIP
OF THE MITT. DON'T FORESEE THIS BASIC SETUP CHANGING MUCH THROUGH
THE DAY AS LOW LEVELS COOL AND SYNOPTIC MOISTURE CONTINUES TO
SPILL IN FROM THE NORTH. WILL KEEP REMAINING WARNING HEADLINES
GOING WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE/HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED INTO THIS
AFTERNOON.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 754 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
TRANSITION TO A LAKE ENHANCED SNOW EVENT IS WELL UNDERWAY.
SYNOPTIC SNOW IS HANGING ON ACROSS THE NE HALF OF THE FORECAST
AREA...WHILE FAIRLY VIGOROUS (THOUGH NOT WELL ORGANIZED) LAKE
EFFECT SNOW HAVE DEVELOPED FROM LEELANAU EAST TO GLR/GRAYLING.
ONLY SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIP IS LEFT IN THE FAR SE...AND HAVE LET THE
ADVISORY RUN OUT DOWN THERE. HAVE TRIMMED OGEMAW FROM THE WARNING.
CONSIDERED TRIMMING A FEW OTHERS (ALPENA MOST SERIOUSLY)...BUT
DECIDED TO LET THINGS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE
PULLING THE PLUG.
&&
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 439 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
LOW PRESSURE IN LAKE HURON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
TODAY...HOWEVER...THIS WILL STILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. BY THE
AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE FALLEN ENOUGH TO GET LAKE EFFECT
SNOW TO BEGIN TO FALL IN NORTHWEST LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN.
TONIGHT...THE COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO MICHIGAN AND CHILL
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN TO BELOW ZERO. THIS AIR MASS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...BEFORE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO REBOUND AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK. UNSEASONABLY MILD WEATHER WILL
RETURN TUESDAY...WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S
EXPECTED. RAIN MAY THREATEN NEXT THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 439 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
WHEW. DEEPENING SURFACE PROBABLY JUST GRAZED THE NORTH OF SAGINAW
BAY BACK AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE LOW...NOW APPROX 979MB...IS OVER THE
OPEN WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE HURON. SNOW SHIELD COVERS THE
FORECAST AREA. RADAR RETURNS HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT...ESPECIALLY
IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. DEFORMATION AXIS THAT HUGGED THE LAKE MI
COAST OF NW LOWER MI IN THE EVENING HAS PIVOTED COUNTERCLOCKWISE
AND SHIFTED EAST...NOW ALONG THE I-75 CORRIDOR FROM GLR NORTH.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN MUCH OF NW LOWER MI CLEARED DOUBLE DIGITS
DURING THE NIGHT...WITH PLENTY OF ROOM TO SPARE. W TO N WINDS ARE
GUSTY IN EXPOSED LOCALES (MAINLY ALONG THE COASTS)...WITH A FEW TO
35 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE NOT OCCURRED TO THIS POINT.
TODAY...SURFACE LOW WILL BOTTOM OUT OVER GEORGIAN BAY THIS MORNING
(CIRCA 975MB)...THEN START TO SLOWLY FILL AS IT MOVES NE INTO
QUEBEC. SYNOPTIC SNOW WILL SLOWLY MORPH IT/S WAY INTO LAKE EFFECT AS
BEST MOISTURE/FORCING DEPARTS. AFTER 12Z...THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL
SYNOPTIC PRECIP WILL BE NORTH OF A PLN-APN LINE...AND ESPECIALLY
EASTERN UPPER...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 2-5 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS
MORNING.
850MB TEMPS TO -10C WILL START TO ARRIVE AT ABOUT 18Z...BOOSTING
DELTA T/S INTO THE LOWER TEENS AND ALLOWING THE LAKES TO BECOME MORE
ACTIVE. DELTA T/S WILL INCREASE TO 15-16 BY 00Z. WITH PLENTY OF
MOISTURE AND DEEP CYCLONIC FLOW STILL PRESENT...WE/LL SEE A DECENT
RESPONSE...EVEN WITH INSTABILITY NOT PARTICULARLY EXCESSIVE. IN
EASTERN UPPER MI...NORTH WINDS OFF OF SUPERIOR WILL NOT BE FAVORABLE
AT ALL FOR LAKE EFFECT. STILL ANTICIPATE PRECIP THERE TO DIMINISH
SOMEWHAT WITH TIME THIS AFTERNOON. OFF OF NORTHERN LAKE
MI...NW/NNW 1000- 850MB WINDS WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SHSN IN
MUCH OF NW LOWER MI...THOUGH WITH THE WORST OF IT NOT QUITE MAKING
IT TO THE I-75 CORRIDOR.
ALL TOLD TODAY...1-4 ADDITIONAL INCHES IN NW LOWER...2-6 EASTERN
UPPER (HIGHEST WESTERN CHIPPEWA)...UP TO 2 NE LOWER. WILL PROBABLY
BE SAFE TO DROP WINT WX ADVIS IN THE FAR SE AT 7 AM. MAY BE ABLE TO
DROP A FEW COUNTIES IN NE LOWER MI FROM THE WARNING AS WELL THIS
MORNING...THOUGH CAN/T DO SO JUST YET. NW-ERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL
REMAIN GUSTY THRU MOST OF THE DAY...BUT WILL START TO DIMINISH AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SLACKEN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SO
BLOWING/DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE IN EXPOSED AREAS.
TEMPS WILL FALL THRU THE DAY...INTO AND THRU THE TEENS IN EASTERN
UPPER...AND INTO THE 20S IN NORTHERN LOWER.
TONIGHT...LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY TOWARD FAR EASTERN
CANADA. THE SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHERN MI
BORDER...WHILE LAKE-INDUCED TROFFING DEVELOPS FROM SOUTHERN LAKE
HURON TO NORTHERN LAKE MI. MEANWHILE...COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
INTO FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO...PUSHING CHILLY BUT MUCH DRIER AIR INTO
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
IN NORTHERN LOWER...1000-850MB WINDS WILL VEER A BIT MORE TO THE
NNW. DELTA T/S WILL INCREASE INTO THE UPPER TEENS AS 850MB TEMPS
SLIDE TOWARD -15C. HOWEVER...THERE ARE MORE NEGATIVE FACTORS THAN
POSITIVE FOR LAKE EFFECT. MID-LEVEL SUBSIDENCE ARRIVES...SLIGHTLY
DRYING THE MID LEVELS (850-700MB RH FROM 85 TO 70 PERCENT THRU THE
NIGHT). WITH THE LOSS OF SYNOPTIC SUPPORT...THE FACT THAT INVERSION
HEIGHTS REMAIN LOW (AROUND 4K FT) BECOMES MORE RELEVANT. NAM
OUTPUT...AND ESPECIALLY LOCAL 4KM WRF RUN...HAVE RELATIVELY LITTLE
QPF IN NW LOWER TONIGHT. WON/T GO QUITE THAT FAR...BUT WILL LOWER
ACCUMS TO THE 1-2 INCH RANGE...CENTERED ON LEELANAU/BENZIE/GD TRAV
COUNTIES. WILL ALSO BE SOME SNOW SHOWERS HANGING AROUND ROGERS
CITY/APN...ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING. IN BETWEEN...CLOUDS WILL THIN
A LITTLE BIT INTO THE TIP OF THE MITT AND PERHAPS GLR.
EASTERN UPPER...SUPPOSE WE COULD SEE A STRAY -SHSN IN EXTREME
WESTERN CHIPPEWA EARLY ON. OTHERWISE...1000-850MB WINDS VEER
NNE...BRINGING VERY COLD BUT VERY DRY AIR INTO FAR EASTERN UPPER.
LAKE-INDUCED LOW CLOUDS WILL DISAPPEAR...THOUGH THERE IS ENOUGH
LINGERING MID/HIGH CLOUDS TO KEEP THINGS FROM CLEARING OUT.
MIN TEMPS...WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 10F NEAR THE NW LOWER MI
COAST...TO SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE IN MOST OF THE REST OF NORTHERN LOWER
(NEAR ZERO AT PLN)...TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW IN EASTERN UPPER.
JZ
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 439 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
SUNDAY...DRIER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE REGION AS THE NORTH FLOW
FROM THE FRONT SIDE OF THE HUDSON BAY HIGH PUSHES VERY DRY AIR AT
THE LOW LEVELS INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL BEGIN TO TRIM
BACK THE AMOUNTS AS THE DRY AIR WILL LIMIT THE CLOUDS. HOWEVER, IN N
LOWER, THE 850-700 MB LAYER WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SYNOPTIC
MOISTURE (RH>70%) IN PLACE THROUGH THE DAY, SO WILL CONTINUE THE
LES. LOOKS LIKE THAT IF WE LOSE THE LAKE SUPERIOR CONNECTION THAT
THE SNOW AMOUNTS WOULD BE LIGHT.
SUNDAY NIGHT...THE DRY AIR PUSHES INTO N LOWER AND THE WINDS BEGIN
TO SHIFT FROM THE N TO NNW FLOW TO NW AND WNW FLOW. THIS WILL BEGIN
TO PUSH SNOW BANDS INLAND SO THAT MORE AREA MAY RECEIVE SOME LIGHT
SNOW. HOWEVER, THIS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS THE DRY AIR BEGINS
TO PUSH THE CLOUDS OUT OF THE REGION.
MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE HAS BUILT INTO THE REGION, BUT THERE IS STILL
SOME NW FLOW THAT COULD LINGER INTO THE DAY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE
OF THE ECMWF AND WITH BOTH MODELS AROUND -15C AND SOME MOISTURE, LES
IS STILL A POSSIBILITY IN THE MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON, RIDGE AXIS
IS THROUGH AND RETURN FLOW IS BEGINNING WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES
RISING. SO THINGS SHOULD COME TO AN END. OVERNIGHT, THE WARMER AIR
MOVES INTO THE REGION. A WARM ADVECTION WING MOVES OVER E UPPER FROM
CANADA. THE MODELS BRING A 0.01 TO E UPPER. HOWEVER, LEFT IT DRY AS
THE DRY AIR AT 850 MB AND BELOW WOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE
PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE REGION.
EXTENDED (TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...FOR CONSISTENCY'S SAKE AND THAT
THE HPC GRAPHICS FIT BETTER, LEANED TOWARD THE ECMWF 00Z RUN. THE
GFS IS STARTING TO CLOSE IN ON THE ECMWF A BIT, BUT IS A LITTLE
FASTER WITH SOME OF THE FEATURES. SO THE FORECAST WILL LOOK LIKE
THIS...TUESDAY, 850 MB TEMPERATURES SOAR, BY THE END OF THE DAY TO
+5C. MOISTURE IS AT 850 MB, BUT NOTHING IN THE 700-500 MB LAYER. SO
DRIZZLE AT BEST. GFS IS PROBABLY OVERDONE WITH THE QPF, SO WILL KEEP
THE DRY FORECAST. WEDNESDAY, CONTINUED WARM. GFS BRINGS FRONT INTO
THE REGION. IT WOULD BE RAIN WITH NOTHING BEHIND THE FRONT AS IT
DRIES OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. ECMWF DOESN'T BRING ANYTHING THROUGH UNTIL
THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN IT IS RAIN. LOOKS LIKE THAT SNOW COULD MIX
IN BEHIND THE FRONT A LITTLE SO WILL ALLOW FOR A MIX IN E UPPER
BEHIND THE FRONT. THURSDAY, LOOKS LIKE THE ECMWF WAS A LITTLE TOO
BULLISH ON THE BUILDING HEIGHTS TO THE EAST THAT WOULD HAVE HELD UP
THE FRONT. SO THE FRONT GOES THROUGH, BUT SLOWER THAN THE GFS AND
WITH A 500 MB SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT REINFORCES THE COLD FRONT. STILL
THERE IS DRY AIR AROUND, SO WILL JUST GO WITH A CHANCE FOR LIGHT
SNOW. FRIDAY, THIS DAY IS JUST AS CONFUSING AS THURSDAY, WITH THE
TWO DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS. THE ECMWF INSISTS ON SOMETHING COMING INTO
THE REGION, WHILE THE GFS HOLDS ONTO THE IDEA OF A DRY RIDGE OVER
THE REGION. WILL CONTINUE VERY LOW POPS UNTIL THE MODELS CAN COME TO
SOME SORT OF A CONSENSUS.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 635 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
IMPROVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE
OVER GEORGINA BAY MOVES NORTHEAST INTO QUEBEC. IFR CONDITIONS WILL
BE COMMON THRU THE DAY AT TVC/PLN...WILL RIDE THE IFR/MVFR EDGE AT
MBL...AND WILL IMPROVE TO MVFR THIS MORNING AT APN. MVFR CIGS WILL
BE COMMON AT ALL TAF SITES TONIGHT...THOUGH ONLY TVC SHOULD HAVE
TO CONTEND WITH IFR VSBYS IN LAKE EFFECT -SHSN.
&&
.MARINE...
ISSUED AT 439 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
GALE WARNINGS CONTINUE THIS MORNING ON LAKE MI...THRU THE
AFTERNOON ON HURON. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TODAY...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER LAKE HURON MOVES TOWARD
QUEBEC. WINDS/WAVES WILL DIMINISH LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT...AS
THE SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER AWAY.
&&
.APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR MIZ008-
015>029-031>034.
LH...GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LHZ345>349.
LM...GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LMZ323-341-342-
344>346.
LS...NONE.
&&
UPDATE...JPB
SHORT TERM...JZ
LONG TERM....JSL
AVIATION...JZ
MARINE...JZHazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 7:03 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 703 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042- 041200- 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- 703 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...THOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL COME TO AN END THIS MORNING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL ALSO CONTINUE. LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN EXPOSED AREAS THIS MORNING. SEE ONGOING WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR MORE DETAILS. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ON NORTHERN MICHIGAN NEARSHORE WATERS TODAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO SUNDAY IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS...PLEASE PASS ON SNOWFALL AND WIND REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JZ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 3, 8:51 AM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
851 AM EST SAT MAR 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 SW CADILLAC 44.23N 85.44W
03/03/2012 M11.3 INCH WEXFORD MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 730 AM. SNOWDEPTH 24 IN.
BLOWING/DRIFTING.
0735 AM HEAVY SNOW ONEKAMA 44.37N 86.20W
03/03/2012 E14.0 INCH MANISTEE MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 735 AM.
0800 AM SNOW 3 SE WEST BRANCH 44.24N 84.19W
03/03/2012 M3.6 INCH OGEMAW MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 13 IN.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW PETOSKEY 45.38N 84.96W
03/03/2012 M9.0 INCH EMMET MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 NW EAST JORDAN 45.18N 85.16W
03/03/2012 M11.1 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 18. POWER OUT. TREES
DOWN IN THE AREA.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW TRAVERSE CITY 44.75N 85.60W
03/03/2012 E15.0 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. 3 LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. EXACT
LOCATION UNKNOWN.
0819 AM HEAVY SNOW BURT LAKE 45.43N 84.72W
03/03/2012 M12.5 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM.
0830 AM HEAVY SNOW WOLVERINE 45.27N 84.61W
03/03/2012 M13.5 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 830 AM.
0831 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 SW INDIAN RIVER 45.35N 84.70W
03/03/2012 E13.0 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 830 AM.
0833 AM HEAVY SNOW NORWOOD 45.24N 85.39W
03/03/2012 E14.5 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI PUBLIC
14-15 INCHES NORWOOD DOWN TO ATWOOD. 24 HR TOTAL THRU 830
AM.
0842 AM SNOW HIGGINS LAKE 44.46N 84.74W
03/03/2012 M7.5 INCH ROSCOMMON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE-HALF MILE N OF FLAG POINT. 24 HR TOTAL THRU 830 AM.
MORE PROBABLY FELL. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING/DRIFTING.
0843 AM HEAVY SNOW INDIAN RIVER 45.42N 84.62W
03/03/2012 M11.1 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 830 AM.
0850 AM HEAVY SNOW MCBAIN 44.19N 85.21W
03/03/2012 E13.0 INCH MISSAUKEE MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 845 AM.
&&
HALBLAUBLocal storm report, Mar 3, 9:14 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
914 AM EST SAT MAR 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW DETOUR VILLAGE 45.99N 83.90W
03/03/2012 M12.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 14 IN.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 ENE HARBOR SPRINGS 45.44N 84.97W
03/03/2012 M10.0 INCH EMMET MI COCORAHS
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 14 IN.
0800 AM SNOW ROGERS CITY 45.42N 83.81W
03/03/2012 M7.0 INCH PRESQUE ISLE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 15 IN.
0900 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 N RUDYARD 46.31N 84.60W
03/03/2012 M13.5 INCH CHIPPEWA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM.
0900 AM SNOW FORTY MILE POINT 45.49N 83.92W
03/03/2012 M6.0 INCH PRESQUE ISLE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM. SNOWDEPTH 14. POWER OUT FROM
DOWNED BRANCHED/POWERLINES.
0912 AM HEAVY SNOW TRAVERSE CITY 44.75N 85.60W
03/03/2012 E10.0 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI PUBLIC
TREES ARE DOWN IN SPOTS DUE TO WEIGHT OF THE SNOW.
&&
HALBLAUBLocal storm report, Mar 3, 9:44 AM EST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
944 AM EST SAT MAR 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW PETOSKEY 45.38N 84.96W
03/03/2012 M13.2 INCH EMMET MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 15 IN.
0916 AM HEAVY SNOW BOYNE FALLS 45.17N 84.90W
03/03/2012 M14.0 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR TOTAL THRU 915 AM.
0923 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 SE GAYLORD 45.01N 84.65W
03/03/2012 E13.0 INCH OTSEGO MI NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR TOTAL THRU 915 AM.
0923 AM HEAVY SNOW BELLAIRE 44.98N 85.21W
03/03/2012 M12.5 INCH ANTRIM MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM.
&&
HALBLAUBLocal storm report, Mar 3, 10:01 AM EST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1001 AM EST SAT MAR 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 SSW NORTHPORT 45.06N 85.66W
03/03/2012 M14.8 INCH LEELANAU MI COCORAHS
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM.
0915 AM HEAVY SNOW PETOSKEY 45.38N 84.96W
03/03/2012 E12.0 INCH EMMET MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM. A NUMBER OF 4-6 INCH TREE LIMBS
FROM PINE TREES SNAPPED OFF FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW.
0951 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 W GAYLORD 45.03N 84.78W
03/03/2012 E15.0 INCH OTSEGO MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 945 AM.
&&
HALBLAUBLocal storm report, Mar 3, 10:29 AM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1029 AM EST SAT MAR 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW ST. IGNACE 45.87N 84.73W
03/03/2012 M6.0 INCH MACKINAC MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. SNOWDEPTH 12 IN.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 S MANCELONA 44.86N 85.06W
03/03/2012 M11.8 INCH KALKASKA MI NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 29 IN.
1025 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 W ATLANTA 45.00N 84.19W
03/03/2012 M9.0 INCH MONTMORENCY MI NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR TOTAL THRU 10 AM. SNOWDEPTH 16 IN.
&&
HALBLAUBLocal storm report, Mar 3, 10:34 AM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1034 AM EST SAT MAR 03 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 AM SNOW INTERLOCHEN 44.65N 85.75W
03/03/2012 E14.0 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
18 HR TOTAL THRU 6 AM. A NUMBER OF TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED BY WET...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS.
0550 AM HEAVY SNOW GRAWN 44.67N 85.68W
03/03/2012 E15.0 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI PUBLIC
0550 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 W TRAVERSE CITY 44.75N 85.66W
03/03/2012 GRAND TRAVERSE MI PUBLIC
TREE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS M-72. POSITION ESTIMATED.
0612 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 NE GAYLORD 45.08N 84.60W
03/03/2012 E10.0 INCH OTSEGO MI PUBLIC
12 HR TOTAL THRU 600 AM.
0621 AM SNOW SAULT STE. MARIE 46.48N 84.37W
03/03/2012 M6.5 INCH CHIPPEWA MI PUBLIC
12 HR TOTAL THRU 6 AM.
0637 AM HEAVY SNOW 4 NNW RABER 46.15N 84.13W
03/03/2012 E11.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MI PUBLIC
12 HR TOTAL THRU 630 AM.
0637 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 E GRAYLING 44.66N 84.59W
03/03/2012 M12.3 INCH CRAWFORD MI TRAINED SPOTTER
10 HR TOTAL THRU 6 AM. SNOWDEPTH UNAVBL.
0645 AM HEAVY SNOW LEWISTON 44.88N 84.32W
03/03/2012 E10.0 INCH MONTMORENCY MI PUBLIC
0648 AM HEAVY SNOW GAYLORD 45.03N 84.67W
03/03/2012 E13.0 INCH OTSEGO MI PUBLIC
18 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW HOUGHTON LAKE 44.30N 84.76W
03/03/2012 M7.5 INCH ROSCOMMON MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. SNOWDEPTH 25 IN.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW SAULT STE. MARIE 46.48N 84.37W
03/03/2012 M7.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. SNOWDEPTH 19 IN.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 9 SSW GAYLORD 44.91N 84.74W
03/03/2012 M10.7 INCH OTSEGO MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. SNOWDEPTH 27 IN. THIS SETS THE
RECORD FOR THE GREATEST SNOWDEPTH IN THE MONTH OF MARCH
SINCE THE OFFICE BEGAN TAKING OBS IN 1998. THE ABSOLUTE
HIGHEST DEPTH WAS 28 INCHES IN FEB 2004.
0700 AM SNOW ALPENA 45.07N 83.44W
03/03/2012 M4.3 INCH ALPENA MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. SNOWDEPTH 14 IN.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW LOVELLS 44.81N 84.47W
03/03/2012 E10.0 INCH CRAWFORD MI PUBLIC
0700 AM SNOW MANISTEE 44.24N 86.33W
03/03/2012 E4.0 INCH MANISTEE MI PUBLIC
0700 AM SNOW ST. IGNACE 45.87N 84.73W
03/03/2012 M6.0 INCH MACKINAC MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. SNOWDEPTH 12 IN.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 WNW GAYLORD 45.04N 84.69W
03/03/2012 M10.5 INCH OTSEGO MI NWS EMPLOYEE
12HR TOTAL ENDING 7AM. STORM TOTAL 12.0 INCHES. SNOW
DEPTH 29 INCHES.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 S TRAVERSE CITY 44.74N 85.60W
03/03/2012 M15.0 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL. SNOW DEPTH 17 INCHES.
0700 AM SNOW 2 N INTERLOCHEN 44.68N 85.75W
03/03/2012 M14.0 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
18 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM.
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 SSW NORTHPORT 45.06N 85.66W
03/03/2012 M14.8 INCH LEELANAU MI COCORAHS
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM.
0719 AM SNOW CATHRO 45.15N 83.57W
03/03/2012 E8.5 INCH ALPENA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
18 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM.
0728 AM SNOW 5 SE MANCELONA 44.85N 84.99W
03/03/2012 M11.0 INCH KALKASKA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
18 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. SNOWDEPTH 27 INCHES.
0730 AM SNOW 2 SSE CHARLEVOIX 45.29N 85.24W
03/03/2012 M11.5 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI PUBLIC
18 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM.
0730 AM HEAVY SNOW TRAVERSE CITY 44.75N 85.60W
03/03/2012 M6.8 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 730 AM. SNOWDEPTH 8 IN.
0730 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 SW CADILLAC 44.23N 85.44W
03/03/2012 M11.3 INCH WEXFORD MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 730 AM. SNOWDEPTH 24 IN.
BLOWING/DRIFTING.
0734 AM HEAVY SNOW 10 S GRAYLING 44.51N 84.71W
03/03/2012 M12.5 INCH CRAWFORD MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM.
0734 AM HEAVY SNOW HESSEL 46.01N 84.42W
03/03/2012 M12.8 INCH MACKINAC MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. SNOWDEPTH 25 IN.
0735 AM HEAVY SNOW ONEKAMA 44.37N 86.20W
03/03/2012 E14.0 INCH MANISTEE MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 735 AM.
0738 AM HEAVY SNOW 11 N LAKE CITY 44.49N 85.21W
03/03/2012 M10.0 INCH MISSAUKEE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM. SNOWDEPTH 29. LIQUID EQUIV
INCLUDES RAIN PRIOR TO SNOW - 1.67 IN.
0740 AM SNOW HIGGINS LAKE 44.46N 84.74W
03/03/2012 M4.5 INCH ROSCOMMON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 740 AM. SNOWDEPTH 11. POWER OUT.
0745 AM SNOW 2 SW BOYNE CITY 45.16N 84.99W
03/03/2012 M11.8 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI PUBLIC
18 HR TOTAL THRU 7 AM.
0748 AM SNOW LUPTON 44.43N 84.02W
03/03/2012 M6.0 INCH OGEMAW MI TRAINED SPOTTER
18 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM.
0749 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 ESE ELMIRA 45.05N 84.79W
03/03/2012 M14.5 INCH OTSEGO MI NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR TOTAL THRU 745 AM. SNOWDEPTH 29 IN.
0752 AM SNOW PARADISE 46.63N 85.03W
03/03/2012 M7.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.70 INCHES.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 S SUTTONS BAY 44.94N 85.65W
03/03/2012 E17.0 INCH LEELANAU MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. POWER AND PHONE OUT.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW LAKE CITY 44.33N 85.21W
03/03/2012 M10.0 INCH MISSAUKEE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 800 AM. SNOWDEPTH 18 IN.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW ALBA 45.00N 84.90W
03/03/2012 M11.0 INCH ANTRIM MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 22 IN. PINE TREE DOWNED
IN YARD.
0800 AM SNOW 3 SE WEST BRANCH 44.24N 84.19W
03/03/2012 M3.6 INCH OGEMAW MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 13 IN.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW PETOSKEY 45.38N 84.96W
03/03/2012 M9.0 INCH EMMET MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 NW EAST JORDAN 45.18N 85.16W
03/03/2012 M11.1 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 18. POWER OUT. TREES
DOWN IN THE AREA.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW TRAVERSE CITY 44.75N 85.60W
03/03/2012 E15.0 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. 3 LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. EXACT
LOCATION UNKNOWN.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW DETOUR VILLAGE 45.99N 83.90W
03/03/2012 M12.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 14 IN.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 ENE HARBOR SPRINGS 45.44N 84.97W
03/03/2012 M10.0 INCH EMMET MI COCORAHS
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 14 IN.
0800 AM SNOW ROGERS CITY 45.42N 83.81W
03/03/2012 M7.0 INCH PRESQUE ISLE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 15 IN.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW PETOSKEY 45.38N 84.96W
03/03/2012 M13.2 INCH EMMET MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 15 IN.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 S MANCELONA 44.86N 85.06W
03/03/2012 M11.8 INCH KALKASKA MI NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 29 IN.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 4 ENE HARBOR SPRINGS 45.45N 84.91W
03/03/2012 M11.0 INCH EMMET MI COCORAHS
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 23 IN.
0805 AM SNOW 3 ESE LAKE ANN 44.71N 85.79W
03/03/2012 M13.6 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
18 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 27 INCHES.
0806 AM HEAVY SNOW LUZERNE 44.62N 84.27W
03/03/2012 E10.0 INCH OSCODA MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 21 IN. POWER OUT.
0812 AM HEAVY SNOW GREILICKVILLE 44.80N 85.65W
03/03/2012 E13.0 INCH LEELANAU MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 18.
0812 AM SNOW LUZERNE 44.62N 84.27W
03/03/2012 E10.0 INCH OSCODA MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM. SNOWDEPTH 21. POWER OUT.
0815 AM HEAVY SNOW PICKFORD 46.16N 84.36W
03/03/2012 M15.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 815 AM. SNOWDEPTH 24. STILL SNOWING.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
0815 AM HEAVY SNOW EAST JORDAN 45.16N 85.13W
03/03/2012 M18.5 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM.
0819 AM HEAVY SNOW BURT LAKE 45.43N 84.72W
03/03/2012 M12.5 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 8 AM.
0830 AM HEAVY SNOW WOLVERINE 45.27N 84.61W
03/03/2012 M13.5 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 830 AM.
0831 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 SW INDIAN RIVER 45.35N 84.70W
03/03/2012 E13.0 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 830 AM.
0833 AM HEAVY SNOW NORWOOD 45.24N 85.39W
03/03/2012 E14.5 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI PUBLIC
14-15 INCHES NORWOOD DOWN TO ATWOOD. 24 HR TOTAL THRU 830
AM.
0842 AM SNOW HIGGINS LAKE 44.46N 84.74W
03/03/2012 M7.5 INCH ROSCOMMON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE-HALF MILE N OF FLAG POINT. 24 HR TOTAL THRU 830 AM.
MORE PROBABLY FELL. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING/DRIFTING.
0843 AM HEAVY SNOW INDIAN RIVER 45.42N 84.62W
03/03/2012 M11.1 INCH CHEBOYGAN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 830 AM.
0850 AM HEAVY SNOW MCBAIN 44.19N 85.21W
03/03/2012 E13.0 INCH MISSAUKEE MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 845 AM.
0900 AM SNOW FORTY MILE POINT 45.49N 83.92W
03/03/2012 M6.0 INCH PRESQUE ISLE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM. SNOWDEPTH 14. POWER OUT FROM
DOWNED BRANCHED/POWERLINES.
0900 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 N RUDYARD 46.31N 84.60W
03/03/2012 M13.5 INCH CHIPPEWA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM.
0912 AM HEAVY SNOW TRAVERSE CITY 44.75N 85.60W
03/03/2012 E10.0 INCH GRAND TRAVERSE MI PUBLIC
TREES ARE DOWN IN SPOTS DUE TO WEIGHT OF THE SNOW.
0915 AM HEAVY SNOW PETOSKEY 45.38N 84.96W
03/03/2012 E12.0 INCH EMMET MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM. A NUMBER OF 4-6 INCH TREE LIMBS
FROM PINE TREES SNAPPED OFF FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW.
0916 AM HEAVY SNOW BOYNE FALLS 45.17N 84.90W
03/03/2012 M14.0 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR TOTAL THRU 915 AM.
0923 AM HEAVY SNOW BELLAIRE 44.98N 85.21W
03/03/2012 M12.5 INCH ANTRIM MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM.
0923 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 SE GAYLORD 45.01N 84.65W
03/03/2012 E13.0 INCH OTSEGO MI NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR TOTAL THRU 915 AM.
0951 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 W GAYLORD 45.03N 84.78W
03/03/2012 E15.0 INCH OTSEGO MI PUBLIC
24 HR TOTAL THRU 945 AM.
1025 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 W ATLANTA 45.00N 84.19W
03/03/2012 M9.0 INCH MONTMORENCY MI NWS EMPLOYEE
24 HR TOTAL THRU 10 AM. SNOWDEPTH 16 IN.
&&
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