1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 26, 6:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 630 PM EST WED JAN 26 2005 .AVIATION... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL SLOWLY BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL AND LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY. AS A RESULT WIND FIELD WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...THEN REMAIN BELOW 10 KNOTS ON THURSDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LAKE CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS/FLURRIES INTO INLAND AREAS THROUGH 15Z. MODELS SHOW THERMAL TROF RECHARGING AGAIN OVER LAKE HURON BETWEEN 06 AND 12Z AS 850 MB TEMPERATURES COOL A FEW MORE DEGREES. ANTICIPATE MBS/FNT TO SEE PERIODS OF SCATTERED TO CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING...THEN BROKEN MVFR CIGS BETWEEN 06 AND 15Z AS NEXT SURGE OF LAKE MOISTURE TRIES TO DRIVE INLAND. NORTHEAST FLOW MAY KEEP DTW IN MVFR CIGS 00Z TO 15Z...BUT WITH LESS OF A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AS DTW AREA FURTHER REMOVED FROM SOURCE REGION OF LAKE EFFECT. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...ISSUED AT 340 PM 12Z RAOBS/WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOW RIDGE FROM TEXAS TO BRITISH COLUMBIA...WITH TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. SHEAR AXIS THROUGH LOWER MICHIGAN...WITH BACK END OF THE SHORTWAVE SWINGING THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS TROUGH SOUTH OF THE STATE...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS NORTHERN ONTARIO AND THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. REGIONAL RADARS SHOW MAIN AREA OF SNOW HAS PROGRESSED THROUGH THE STATE...WITH LAKE EFFECT PICKING UP OFF LAKE HURON IN THE NORTH/NORTHEAST LOW-LEVEL FLOW. MAIN FOCUS FOR TONIGHT WILL REVOLVE AROUND LAKE EFFECT POTENTIAL. COLD ADVECTION FROM TODAY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...AS -18C 850MB THERMAL TROUGH BOTTOMS OUT ACROSS LAKE HURON BY 12Z THURSDAY. FORECAST INVERSIONS HEIGHTS ARE STILL PRETTY LOW...AND INITIALLY GOOD LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE THINS OUT QUICKLY THIS EVENING. DRIER AIR QUICKLY SPREADS SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. VIS SATELLITE SHOWS CLEARING SKIES ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE STATE...AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN EXTEND OF BANDS ACROSS LAKE HURON DIMINISHING. THEREFORE EXPECT PRETTY WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS CURRENTLY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. WILL MENTION SCATTERED FLURRIES THIS EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA... EXPECT NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE THUMB. ETA12 CONTINUES TO SHOW MODEST LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND DECENT CONVERGENCE PERSISTING THROUGH THE NIGHT...MAINLY ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF THE THUMB. GIVEN THE SUBSIDENCE AND DRYING AS WELL AS THE WEAKER MULTI-BANDED NATURE OF THE SNOW SHOWERS...DO NOT EXPECT LAKE EFFECT TO GET OUT OF HAND. WILL KEEP ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ACROSS THE THUMB. THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION...GENERALLY OVER LOWER MICHIGAN/LAKE HURON BY 18Z THURSDAY. DECENT CONVERGENCE LINGERS ACROSS THE THUMB INTO THURSDAY AS WINDS OVER LAND BACK TO THE NORTHWEST. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THOUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE THUMB...BUT ONLY A LOW POP GIVEN LIMITED MOISTURE AND FURTHER DROPPING INVERSION HEIGHTS. OTHERWISE SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR OUT...BEGINNING ACROSS THE SAGINAW VALLEY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE INTERIOR CWA BY MORNING. NO OTHER MOISTURE IN THE COLUMN...SO PLAIN SUNNY SKIES WILL WORK FOR MOST AREAS AWAY FROM THE THUMB. && .LONG TERM...(THURS NIGHT THROUGH WED)...ISSUED AT 340 PM THE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST OF REGION ON FRIDAY. MID LEVEL RIDGING HOWEVER WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE GREAT LAKES. WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE... SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. BASED ON THE TEMPS UPSTREAM IN THIS AIRMASS... WILL UNDERCUT GUIDANCE TEMPS THURS NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT A COUPLE DEGREES. ON FRIDAY... A SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIFT INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING... BUT WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AS IT RUNS INTO THE RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. THE GFS/UKMET HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN MORE AMPLIFIED IN COMPARISON TO THE ETA WITH RESPECT TO THIS WAVE. EVEN THE WEAKER ETA SOLUTION HOWEVER SHOWS SOME FAIRLY GOOD MOIST ISENTROPIC ASCENT ON THE 295K SURFACE MOVING INTO THE REGION SATURDAY EVENING. HOWEVER... VERY DRY LOW LEVEL AIR SHOULD LIMIT PRECIP POTENTIAL AND RESULT IN JUST SOME MID CLOUDS. AT THIS POINT... THE LIFT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THIS DRY LAYER. WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR THE TIME BEING. OVERALL... THE GFS/WRFXX/DGEX/CANADIAN ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL HEIGHT FIELDS EARLY NEXT WEEK. A LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN US OVER THE WEEKEND. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL EJECT NORTHEASTWARD FROM THIS TROUGH AND INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY MONDAY. THE WAVE WILL THEN LIFT INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY MONDAY NIGHT... SENDING LOW PRESSURE AND A GOOD AREA OF DEFORMATION LIFT INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. THE UKMET AND ECMWF HAS ALSO TRENDED TOWARD THIS SOLUTION... HOWEVER IT IS MUCH WEAKER AND FASTER WITH THE WAVE LIFTING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. ALTHOUGH THE MODELS HAVE TRENDED DEEPER AND MORE CUT OFF WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST US... LIKE THE ECMWF HAS BEEN SHOWING FOR SEVERAL RUNS... PREFER TO GO ALONG WITH THE IDEA OF AN OHIO VALLEY LOW EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF SPREAD AMONG ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AS TO THE EXACT TRACK AND TIMING OF THE SURFACE LOW. GFS ENSEMBLE MEANS TAKE THE LOW THROUGH OHIO MONDAY NIGHT. QUITE A BIT OF WARM AIR WILL LIFT INTO THE REGION WITH THIS WAVE. WILL THEREFORE CARRY A CHANCE OF BOTH RAIN AND SNOW... AS PRECIP TYPE WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDANT ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW. I HAVE SOME CONCERN THAT GUIDANCE MAY BE TOO WARM TUES INTO WED...ESPECIALLY WITH THE GFS TRENDING TOWARD A MORE ACTIVE NORTHERN STREAM IN THE WAKE OF THE OHIO VALLEY SYSTEM. WILL THEREFORE TREND TEMPS DOWN TOWARD CLIMO ON DAYS 6 AND 7. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MI...NONE. .LAKE HURON...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...LAKE HURON NEARSHORE...THIS EVENING. .LAKE ST CLAIR...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...THIS EVENING. .MI WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...THIS EVENING. && BRAVENDER/CONSIDINE/GSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 420 PM EST WED JAN 26 2005 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-271000- BAY MI-GENESEE MI-HURON MI-LAPEER MI-LENAWEE MI-LIVINGSTON MI- MACOMB MI-MIDLAND MI-MONROE MI-OAKLAND MI-SAGINAW MI-SANILAC MI- SHIAWASSEE MI-ST. CLAIR MI-TUSCOLA MI-WASHTENAW MI-WAYNE MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADRIAN...ANN ARBOR...BAD AXE...BAY CITY... CARO...DOWNTOWN DETROIT...FLINT...HOWELL...LAPEER...MIDLAND... MONROE...MOUNT CLEMENS...OWOSSO...PONTIAC...PORT HURON... SAGINAW AND SANDUSKY 420 PM EST WED JAN 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ421-422-441>443-462>464-271200-SOUTHERN LAKE HURON-LAKE HURON NEARSHORE FROM PORT AUSTIN TO PORT HURON-ST CLAIR RIVER-LAKE ST CLAIR-DETROIT RIVER-MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE- 420 PM EST WED JAN 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SAGINAW BAY...SOUTHERN LAKE HURON...THE ST CLAIR RIVER...LAKE ST CLAIR...THE DETROIT RIVER...AND THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTER SAGINAW BAY AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO PORT HURON AS WELL AS LAKE ST CLAIR AND THE MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST MARINE FORECAST FOR DETAILS. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. CONSIDINE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Northeast flow lake effect event dropped a fast 6 inches plus along the shoreline in Carsonville.
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