Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 9, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
348 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2001

THE CURRENT APX 88D SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN. THE LATEST SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS
SCATTERED/BROKEN AC OVER MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN. THE CLOUDS AND CONVECTION CURRENTLY AFFECTING NORTHERN
MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN...IS IN RESPONSE TO BOTH SURFACE AND UPPER
LEVEL TROUGHING AND LIMITED INSTABILITY. MODEL DATA WAS IN GOOD AGREEMENT
THIS PACKAGE WITH LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE...LIFT TONIGHT...ALONG
WITH DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN FORECAST
CONCERNS THIS PACKAGE WILL BE CENTERED ON THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES ON
WEDNESDAY.

TONIGHT...THE CURRENT APX 88D SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS
OF EAST UPPER MICHIGAN...NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS CONVECTION HAS FORMED IN A 850 MB THTE
REGION WHERE 850 MB MOISTURE WAS AROUND 6C-7C WITH SURFACE DEW
POINTS IN THE UPPER 50S. THIS CREATES A LIFTED INDEX AND SHOWALTER
AROUND ZERO TO -1. LIFT TO THE REGION WILL BE SUPPLIED BY BOTH
SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK BOUNDARY
WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR...WITH A 500 MB VORT ROTATING
INTO THE NORTHERN LAKES FROM AROUND THE UPPER LOW LOCATED OVER JAMES
BAY. THE LATEST MODEL DATA SHOWS ADDITIONAL LIFT THIS EVENING WILL
BE BE SUPPLIED BY JET DYNAMICS...AS THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE 250
MB JET MOVES INTO THE NORTHWEST LAKES. THE LATEST MODEL RUN SHOWS
HIGH 850 MB AND SURFACE DEW POINTS MOVING OVER LOWER MICHIGAN THIS
EVENING WITH 850/500 MB QVECTORS SHOWING CONVERGENCE OVER THE REGION
UNTIL 06Z TUESDAY. THEREFORE DUE TO THE LATEST RADAR AND MODEL
TRENDS...WILL MENTION SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL MIDNIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER
EAST UPPER THIS EVENING.

TUESDAY...SURFACE RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WHILE
BUILDING INTO THE WESTERN LAKES REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AT
UPPER LEVELS...A 500 MB LOW WILL BE CENTERED OVER JAMES BAY THROUGH
THE DAY...WITH A STRONG VORT MAX MOVING OVER LAKE SUPERIOR INTO THE
NORTHERN LAKES REGION BY THE AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR BOTH AT MID AND
LOW LEVELS WILL BE NOTED OVER EAST UPPER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS 850 MB
DEW POINTS DROP TO AROUND 4C WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 50S.
OVER NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...850 MB DEW POINTS WILL BE AROUND 6C
WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. 850/500 AND 700/500
MB QVECTORS SHOWS CONVERGENCE INCREASING OVER THE FORECAST AREA
DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...SO WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF
MORNING SHOWERS OVER EAST UPPER WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS
NORTHERN LOWER WITH A THUNDERSTORM ALSO POSSIBLE. HIGHS TUESDAY WILL
GENERALLY BE IN THE LOW 70S OVER EAST UPPER TO THE MID AND UPPER 70S
OVER NORTHERN LOWER...AS 850 MB TEMPERATURES DROP TO AROUND 7C OVER
EAST UPPER AND TO AROUND 10C OVER NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.

TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SURFACE RIDGING WILL BE THE
DOMINATE FEATURE OVER THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
WITH DIMINISHING UPPER LEVEL ANTI CYCLONIC FLOW AT 500 MB. 850 MB
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 6C OVER THE NORTHERN LAKES REGION
WEDNESDAY FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S.
SKIES WILL GENERALLY BE MOSTLY SUNNY AS THE AIRMASS OVER THE UPPER
LAKES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL CONSIST OF 850/500 AND 700/300 MB
MOISTURE UNDER 40 PERCENT. THEREFORE WILL GO WITH COOL AND DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...EXTENDED MODEL DATA WAS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS
PACKAGE...WITH RESPECT TO SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL FEATURES MOVING
OVER THE GREAT LAKES. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE ROOTED NORTH OF HUDSON
BAY...WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE LAKES REGION THURSDAY WITH A 500 MB
LOW MOVING NORTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE NORTHERN LAKES THROUGH FRIDAY...ALLOWING NORTHERLY WINDS
TO BRING COOL TEMPERATURES INTO THE STATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. FOR
THE WEEKEND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN THE DOMINATING
INFLUENCE OVER THE REGION...WITH INCREASING HEIGHTS AS RIDGING
BUILDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE UPPER MIDWEST. THEREFORE WILL KEEP SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY DRY WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES. ON MONDAY...MORE HUMID AIR
IS EXPECTED BACK ACROSS THE STATE...AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
THE UPPER MIDWEST. HOWEVER THE MAIN LIFT WITH THE SURFACE FRONT AND
UPPER LOW...IS NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT NORTHERN LOWER OR EAST UPPER
UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE WILL KEEP 6THE FORECAST AREA DRY
EVEN MONDAY.

.APX...NONE.

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