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NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 13, 3:42 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 442 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2005 .DISCUSSION...SFC COLD FRONT STILL HANGING BACK TO THE WEST... EXTENDING THROUGH WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN WEST OF SAWYER AND MARQUETTE AND INTO NW WISCONSIN. WITH TEMPS RUNNING IN THE LOW AND MID 80S LAPS PLOT REVEALING SBCAPES RUNNING IN THE 500-1500 J/KG RANGE AS EXPECTED. BUT...WITH SOME CONVECTIVE INHIBITION IN PLACE AND A LACK OF STRONGER SYNOPTIC FORCING OR LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE... RADAR REMAINS DEVOID OF ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE CWA THUS FAR. VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING A COUPLE BUILDING LINES OF CU OVER PORTIONS OF E UPPER AND NRN LOWER MICHIGAN ATTM. SO...STILL CANNOT ENTIRELY RULE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS POPPING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. UPSTREAM...STRONG IMPULSE AND A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES LIFTING NE OUT OF IOWA AHEAD OF THE FRONT...COURTESY OF A STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE BULLSEYE IN THE RRQ OF STRENGTHENING UPPER JET CORE ACROSS THE WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR BASIN. A COUPLE OF WATCH BOXES IN PLACE OUT AHEAD OF THIS CONVECTION...AND THE PRIMARY FORECAST ISSUE REVOLVES AROUND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR NRN MICHIGAN. TONIGHT...AS MENTIONED ABOVE...A COUPLE OF BUILDING CU LINES EVIDENT OVER PORTIONS OF THE CWA (PARTICULARLY ACROSS UPPER MI) WHICH MAY POP A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. GUT FEELING IS THAT NOT MUCH WILL OCCUR BUT WILL HOLD OUT AND KEEP THE SMALL CHANCE GOING FOR THE EVENING. THEN...APPEARS WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE STRONG MID LEVEL WAVE/UPPER DIVERGENCE MAX SLIDES UP ACROSS NRN MICHIGAN AND COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. LOOKING LIKE MOST AREAS WILL SEE RAINFALL AT SOME POINT TONIGHT (THIS EVENING FOR THE WEST AND OVERNIGHT IN THE EAST) WITH CATEGORICAL POPS JUSTIFIED FOR ALL AREAS. AS FAR AS SEVERE WEATHER IS CONCERNED...NOT TERRIBLY IMPRESSIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON (IF ANYTHING FORMS) WITH ONLY MODEST INSTABILITY/0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES RUNNING <40 KNOTS/FREEZING LEVELS >13.5 KFT. BUT ANY STORM THAT DOES FORM COULD TAP 35-45 KNOT WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SFC AND/OR PRODUCE MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL. SO WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT ISOLATED THREAT FOR THE EARLY EVENING. THEN...STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW OVERSPREADS NRN MICHIGAN LATER THIS EVENING WITH 500 MB WINDS RAMPING UP TO >50 KNOTS PRODUCING BULK SHEAR VALUES OF 40-50 KNOTS. HOWEVER...WILL BE FIGHTING INSTABILITY ISSUES WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ONLY FORECAST AROUND 6.5 C/KM (JUST CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE). BUT WITH A FAIRLY WARM NIGHT AHEAD WE WILL NOT LOSE ALL THE INSTABILITY AND THE STRONG UPPER DYNAMICS MAY MAKE UP FOR IT. ALTHOUGH LOW...BELIEVE THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATER TONIGHT WITH SMALL BOWING SEGMENTS OR ISOLATED EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS PRODUCING SEVERE WINDS/HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO A CONCERN WITH PWATS RUNNING AROUND 1.5 INCHES. WEDNESDAY...STRONG FORCING/COLD FRONT MOVE QUICKLY OUT OF THE REGION BY 12Z FOLLOWED BY STRONG DRYING/SUBSIDENCE/COLD ADVECTION BUILDING IN BEHIND. AFTER EARLY MORNING SHOWERS EXIT WILL CLEAR THINGS OUT TO START...BUT DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD PRODUCE SCT-BKN CU ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. CONSIDERED PUTTING IN AFTERNOON INSTABILITY SHOWERS BUT APPEARS CONVECTION WILL BE TOO SHALLOW TO SUPPORT PRECIP. ADAM .WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND...EXTENDED MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THERE WILL BE A NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT TO START OFF THE PERIOD (WED NIGHT/THU) WITH SLOWLY RISING HEIGHTS FRIDAY INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. SO THE MAIN LONG FORECAST CONCERNS WILL REVOLVE AROUND HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD THEN POPS LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WED NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...AS MENTIONED ABOVE THERE WILL BE A NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. MEANWHILE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE IN ACROSS THE REGION. THEREFORE...EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH COOL NIGHTS (MAINLY 40S) AND A SEASONABLY MILD DAY ON THURSDAY (UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S). THE ONE EXCEPTION TO THIS APPEARS TO BE ACROSS EASTERN UPPER WITH SOME MID CLOUDS (MEAN 1000-500 MB RH 60 PERCENT OR SO AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES BY TO THE NORTH THU AFTERNOON AND NIGHT). FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION IN RESPONSE TO A TROUGH THAT DIGS INTO THE NORTHWESTERN STATES. AS THE SURFACE HIGH SLIPS OFF TO OUR EAST...A RETURN FLOW OF MILDER AIR SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK ITS WAY INTO THE AREA. THEREFORE HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO MODERATE BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES EACH DAY (FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S) UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A TROUGH IN THE NORTHERN JET STREAM IS SHOWN TO DROP DOWN FROM CENTRAL CANADA AND DRAG A SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION. THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM IS STILL A LITTLE IFFY WHICH COULD BE AS EARLY AS SUNDAY BUT POSSIBLY LINGER INTO MONDAY. MODEL TRENDS HAVE SPED UP THIS SYSTEM ALTHOUGH SOME EXTENDED MODELS DEVELOP A WAVE THAT RIDES UP ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER ON MONDAY. ACROSS THE FAR NORTH...DID REMOVE THE POPS ACROSS EASTERN UPPER ON MONDAY WHICH LINES UP WITH SURROUNDINGS OFFICES. SUNDAY APPEARS TO BE A VERY WARM DAY WITH HIGHS OF WELL INTO THE 70S. HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO LOWER 70S ARE THEN EXPECTED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHICH IS STILL ABOVE AVERAGE BY A FEW DEGREES. SULLIVAN && .APX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 905 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2005 MIZ008-015>036-041-042-LSZ321-322-LMZ323-341-342-344-345- LHZ345>349-141000- ALCONA-ALPENA-ANTRIM-ARENAC-BENZIE-CHARLEVOIX-CHEBOYGAN-CHIPPEWA- CRAWFORD-EMMET-GLADWIN-GRAND TRAVERSE-IOSCO-KALKASKA-LEELANAU- MACKINAC-MANISTEE-MISSAUKEE-MONTMORENCY-OGEMAW-OSCODA-OTSEGO- PRESQUE ISLE-ROSCOMMON-WEXFORD...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT WATERS WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON...AND LAKE SUPERIOR 905 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TONIGHT THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS EVENING ON LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN...ESPECIALLY ALONG US-2 WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 75 IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTINUE TO BE SEVERE AS THEY PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN LOWER AND POSSIBLY IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN UPPER. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY SEE WINDS APPROACHING 100 MPH. THE POTENTIAL IS ALSO THERE FOR LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE-75. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. SPOTTERS SHOULD RELAY ALL SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD (ALL LOWER CASE) JK/ADAM/SMD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
954 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG ST. JAMES ON BEAVER ISL 45.73N 85.52W
09/13/2005 CHARLEVOIX MI CO-OP OBSERVER
POWER LINES DOWN NEAR ST. JAMES ON BEAVER ISLAND
0845 PM TSTM WND DMG FRANKFORT 44.64N 86.23W
09/13/2005 BENZIE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0850 PM TSTM WND DMG LELAND 45.02N 85.77W
09/13/2005 LEELANAU MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0905 PM TSTM WND DMG EMPIRE 44.81N 86.06W
09/13/2005 LEELANAU MI TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN
0920 PM TSTM WND DMG TRAVERSE CITY 44.75N 85.60W
09/13/2005 GRAND TRAVERSE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN ON PARSONS ROAD IN TRAVERSE CITY
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KASThe NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:57 UTC.
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