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NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 30, 2:55 PM EST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 355 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL CONVECTION UPSTREAM ACROSS LAKE MI AND WI. CONVECTIVE TRENDS...AND POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT ARE THE MAIN SHORT TERM FORECAST CONCERNS. TONIGHT...ILL-DEFINED COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM ERN UPPER MI...SWD TO ERN IA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND IS FORECAST TO DROP SE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. A WEAK SURFACE WAVE WILL RIDE ALONG FRONT FROM IA THIS EVENING TO SRN LAKE MI BY 12Z WED. ONGOING DIURNALLY ENHANCED CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. THEN...APPROACHING SURFACE FRONT/WAVE WILL INTERACT WITH IMPRESSIVE MOISTURE (INCLUDING K-INDICES NEAR 35...PWAT/S OF 1.5 IN...AND 8H DEW POINTS OF +13C) SETTING THE STAGE FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/STORMS LATER THIS EVENING AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO AFOREMENTIONED MOISTURE... LARGE-SCALE ASCENT WILL INCREASE...AS UPPER DIVERGENCE FROM 120 KT 250 MB JET IN ONTARIO IMPACTS REGION...AND 7H-5H QG-VECTOR CONV INCREASES. LASTLY...DEEP (ALBEIT WEAK) UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND FIELDS WILL PROVIDE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR FAVORABLE STORM PROPAGATION POTENTIAL. BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE S OF A TVC-APN LINE. SOME AREAS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF AN INCH. WITHOUT A STRONG PUSH OF COOLER AIR...EXPECT LOWS IN THE MID 50S FAR N TO THE MID 60S FAR S...WITH AREAS OF FOG IS MOST LOCALES. SMITH LONGER RANGE ISSUES WILL FIRST REVOLVE AROUND MORE HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE FIRST PART OF WEDNESDAY ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MI...THEN ANOTHER SHOT OF RAIN WITH A SHORTWAVE ON FRIDAY. MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT BEGIN TO DIVERGE QUITE A BIT TOWARDS THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT...WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HEAVY RAINFALL INTO THE MORNING HOURS...MAINLY SOUTH OF M-32. SEE DISCUSSION ABOVE PERTAINING TO HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY. BY TOMORROW EVENING...PRECIP SHOULD BE CONFINED TO LOCATIONS SOUTH OF M-72. MODELS ARE A BIT FASTER DROPPING THE PRECIP SOUTH TOMORROW NIGHT...AND WILL LEAVE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH OF M-72 BEFORE MIDNIGHT...THEN REMOVING ANY MENTION OF PRECIP FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE NIGHT. DRY AIR (850-700MB RH 20-30%) WILL SLOWLY SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN AS THE PRECIP ENDS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SUNNY SKIES ACROSS EASTERN UPPER AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY AFTERNOON. THESE CLEAR SKIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT...EVENTUALLY REACHING GLADWIN AND ARENAC COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH CLOUDS AND PRECIP AROUND...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH...TEMPERATURES MAY NOT WARM MUCH TOMORROW. WILL GO WITH LOWER 70S...FROM MORNING LOWS THAT WILL BE IN THE LOWER 60S. WILL BE SOME WARMING AS THE CLEARING MOVES SOUTH TOMORROW...WHICH MAY MAKE LOWER 70S POSSIBLE. THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WILL AT LEAST START THE DAY WITH SOME SUN AS A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS IN ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. A SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY AFTERNOON...BUT AT THIS TIME...APPEARS DRY AIR WILL BE TOO STRONG TO ALLOW ANY PRECIP TO REACH THE GROUND. THERE MAY BE A BETTER CHANCE DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE HELP OF DAYTIME INSTABILITY. MODELS SEEM TO BE OVERDOING THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY DUE TO DEWPOINTS REACHING THE UPPER 50S. THESE DEWPOINTS APPEAR TO BE TOO HIGH...BUT WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED. FOR NOW WILL KEEP THURSDAY DRY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE MORE SEASONAL IN THE LOWER 70S FOR HIGHS. SHORTWAVE TRIES TO CROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION...BUT WEAKENS AS IT DOES SO. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE ECMWF...GFS...AND NOW THE NAM ARE ALL IN DECENT AGREEMENT CONTINUING TO DEPICT A SHORTWAVE DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND INTO NORTHERN MICHIGAN ON FRIDAY. STRONG QG FORCING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FEATURE. COMBINED WITH DAYTIME INSTABILITY SHOULD PRODUCE SUFFICIENT LIFT TO GENERATE PRECIPITATION. USING A MODIFIED GFS SOUNDING ON FRIDAY (68/52) YIELDS CAPE VALUES FROM 500-700J/KG. THUS...MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE SOME THUNDERSTORMS. MODELS HAVE BEEN A BIT QUICKER WITH THIS FEATURE...SO WILL ADJUST PRECIP TIMING INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND TAKE IT OUT FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FOR THE WEEKEND...SETTING UP A RATHER NICE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. OUR NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ARRIVES SOMETIME EARLY NEXT WEEK. BIG DIFFERENCES IN MODELS AS OF RIGHT NOW...WITH GFS TAKING A MORE PROGRESSIVE STANCE IN MOVING A SYSTEM QUICKLY THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES EARLY MONDAY...WHILE THE ECMWF KEEPS THE SYSTEM OUT WEST WITH RETURN FLOW WITH A WARMING TREND. FORECAST WILL LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE ECMWF FOR NOW AS SEEMS TO BE THE REGIONAL CONSENSUS FOR DAY 7 AT THIS TIME. LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING OF PRECIP EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE MAY ALSO SEE ANOTHER NICE WARM UP FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPS BACK INTO THE 80S. KAS && .APX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 418 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 LHZ345>349-361-362-LMZ323-341-342-344-345-363-LSZ321-322-MIZ008- 015>036-041-042-311000- 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-MICHIGAN WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE HURON- MICHIGAN WATERS OF CENTRAL LAKE HURON-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY- SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG- SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-MANISTEE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT- MICHIGAN WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN-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- 418 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE HURON...LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE SUPERIOR...EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ALL OF EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TRAVERSE CITY TO ALPENA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY...AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. DISPATCHERS...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS IMMEDIATELY. SMITH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
211 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006
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0205 PM HAIL VANDERBILT 45.14N 84.66W
05/30/2006 E1.00 INCH OTSEGO MI AMATEUR RADIO
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SPRThe NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:50 UTC.
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