2 marine hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 30, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 345 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2002 THE LATEST APX 88D SHOWS SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN. REGIONAL RADAR DATA SHOWS AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN MOVING EAST. THE LATEST SURFACE CHART SHOWS A COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN... FROM A LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED OVER WESTERN ONTARIO. MODEL DATA WAS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS RUN...MOVING THIS SURFACE FEATURE OVER THE STATE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM PROGGED FOR SUNDAY. THE MAIN FORECAST QUESTIONS WILL BE BASED ON THE CONVECTION THIS EVENING AND THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ON SUNDAY. TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING TOWARD THE WESTERN LAKES REGION...WILL ENCOUNTER AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AS IT MOVES ONTO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE BY 06Z. A THTE RIDGE WITH 850 MB DEW POINTS AROUND 10C AND A CORRESPONDING SHOWALTER AROUND -2C...WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE FORECAST AREA IN ADVANCE OF THE SURFACE FEATURE. ADDITIONAL LIFT TONIGHT WILL BE SUPPLIED BY UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS. A 500 MB TROUGH AND VORT MAX WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION OVERNIGHT... WITH UPPER JET DYNAMICS ALSO BECOMING MORE OF AN INFLUENCE TONIGHT. THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A 130KT 250MB JET AND ASSOCIATED STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE PATTERN...WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND AFFECT THE REGION BETWEEN 03Z AND 09Z. BY 12Z FRIDAY THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS ARE PROGGED TO BE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST LOWER. STRONG 850/500 QVECTOR DIVERGENCE WILL BE NOTED BEHIND THE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN LAKES...WITH STRONG CONVERGENCE NOTED AHEAD OF THE TROUGH IN LAKE HURON. THEREFORE WITH CURRENT RADAR TRENDS AND MODEL DATA...WILL MENTION SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. WILL MENTION CONVECTION BECOMING SCATTERED OVERNIGHT OVER EAST UPPER AND NORTHWEST LOWER...AS THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL FEATURES MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY...WILL LEAVE A MENTION OF MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR NORTHEAST LOWER...AND WILL MENTION DRY CONDITIONS WITH SOME SUN ELSEWHERE. 850/500MB QVECTORS CONTINUE TO SHOW CONVERGENCE LINGERING OVER NORTHEAST LOWER EARLY...AS THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS MOVE INTO LAKE HURON. STRONG 850/500MB QVECTOR DIVERGENCE WILL BE IN PLACE OVER EAST UPPER AND NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ALL DAY. MUCH COOLER AND MORE STABLE AIR WILL BE EVIDENT OVER THE STATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. 850 MB TEMPERATURES DROP FROM AROUND 14C TONIGHT TO AROUND 9C BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MODEL SOUNDINGS AND MOISTURE PROGS SHOW MUCH DRIER AIR TO ALSO MOVE INTO THE STATE FRIDAY. 850/500 AND 700/300 MB MOISTURE WILL BE GENERALLY BETWEEN 20 AND 40 PERCENT OVER THE ENTIRE STATE. THEREFORE WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF MORNING PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHEAST LOWER WITH OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE THE 70S. FRIDAY NIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE THE MAIN FEATURE OVER MUCH OF THE LAKES REGION...WITH STRONG 850/500 AND 700/500 MB QVECTOR DIVERGENCE AFFECTING THE FORECAST AREA INTO 12Z SATURDAY. MOISTURE PROGS SHOW DRY CONDITIONS TO LINGER OVER THE FORECAST AREA...WITH 850/500 AND 700/300 MB MOISTURE AROUND 30 PERCENT. THEREFORE WILL MENTION MOSTLY CLEAR/PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE 40S AND LOWER 50S. SATURDAY...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER EAST UPPER MICHIGAN IN THE MORNING...WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING LIMITED MOISTURE IN PLACE. 850/500MB MOISTURE WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 70 PERCENT BRIEFLY OVER THE STRAITS REGION IN ADVANCE OF THIS BOUNDARY. THE REST OF NORTHERN LOWER WILL HAVE 850/500 MB MOISTURE AROUND 40 PERCENT. THEREFORE WILL MENTION MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY...WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER EAST UPPER. SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A STORM SYSTEM FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE LAKES REGION SUNDAY AND MONDAY...GENERATING SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN. AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE LAKES REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THEREFORE WILL MENTION DRY CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY. ON THURSDAY A 500MB TROUGH AND VORT MAX WILL MOVE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO THE STRAITS REGION. WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF SHOWERS MOST ZONES THURSDAY. .APX...NONE. SWR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD, MI
226 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0224 PM LUPTON MI .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/02 OGEMAW BLHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD, MI
541 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0530 PM 3 E GLENNIE MI .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/02 ALCONA 0535 PM 2 S LINCOLN MI .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/02 ALCONAThe NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:50 UTC.
2 marine hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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