1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 10:04 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1204 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2006 .UPDATE... CONCERNS ARE LIMITED SHRA COVERAGE AND TEMPS. VERY DRY ERLY FLOW ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN AS EVIDENCED BY 12Z APX SNDG RESULTING IN LITTLE IF ANY NORTH OR EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF WAA RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH CLOSED LOW LIFTING INTO IOWA. FOLLOWING 12Z NAM DEPICTION OF QPF...TRIMMED BACK SHRA COVERAGE TO SCT ALONG THE WI BDR COUNTIES AND JUST HAVE SCT SPRINKLES FOR REST OF COUNTIES FROM MQT-DELTA COUNTY WESTWARD. COUNTIES TO THE EAST WILL REMAIN DRY. SEE VERY LITTLE CHANGE TONIGHT GIVEN VERY DRY THAT WOULD NEED TO BE OVERCOME TO THE EAST...SO HAVE AGAIN TRIMMED BACK SHRA COVERAGE TONIGHT SIMILAR TO TODAY. HAD TO RAISE TEMPS UP AS HIGHS FROM THIS MORNINGS FCST WERE ALREADY REACHED AT MANY AREAS. DESPITE CLOUDS...WOULD EXPECT US TO MIX NEAR 850 MB WHICH WOULD STILL YIELD HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 60S FOR MANY INLAND LOCATIONS. THICKER CLOUD COVER AND BETTER RAIN CHCS MAY KEEP TEMPS DOWN IN THE UPR 50S ALONG THE WIS BORDER. LAKE MI AND EASTERN KEWEENAW PENINSULA SHORELINES WILL LIKELY STAY DOWN IN THE LOW TO MID 50S GIVEN ESE FLOW. ALSO BUMPED UP MIN TEMPS TONIGHT AS CLOUD COVER AND MIXING FROM TIGHTER ESE GRAD FLOW WILL LIMIT RADIATIONAL COOLING. BROUGHT MINS UP INTO THE MID TO UPR 40S MORE IN LINE WITH NAM MOS GUIDANCE. && .PREV DISCUSSION...THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC/NAM SHOWING A DEEP CUT OFF LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...A RIDGE STRETCHING FROM GEORGIA NORTH TO JAMES BAY...AND A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM WESTERN MONTANA NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN MANITOBA. A SHORTWAVES ROTATING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS LOW ARE SWEEPING THROUGH UPPER MICHIGAN AND THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATE A LOW OVER IOWA WITH A WARM FRONT DRAPED THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. A RIDGE IS OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC RUNNING SOUTH THROUGH THE ATLANTIC STATES. ANOTHER LOW IS OVER SOUTHWEST SASKATCHEWAN DRAPED SOUTHWEST INTO THE GREAT BASIN. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING OVER THE FORECAST AREA WHICH IS UNDER STRONG ISENTROPIC ASCENT AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW AND UNDER THE GREATEST SHORTWAVE ENERGY. A STRONG INVERSION AROUND 500MB IS CAPPING THE INSTABILITY LIMITING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. THE LOW OVER IOWA WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE SINCE IT WILL BE RUNNING UP AGAINST THE EAST COAST RIDGE TODAY. MEANWHILE...SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVES BEING EJECTED OUT OF THE BASE OF THE CLOSED LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. FORECAST SOUNDING CONTINUE TO SHOW A DRY AIR MASS BELOW 550MB OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. THUS IN SPITE OF THE INSTABILITY...THE DRY AIR SHOULD DAMPEN PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL FOR THE EAST PART OF THE U.P. THE INSTABILITY AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE WILL FEED SHOWERS OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA. THE DIFFICULTY IS DETERMINING HOW FAR EAST THE PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND TO. GFS40/NAM12 ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON QPF AND AREA OF WETTEST 70+ 925-700MB RH...SO SHOWERS SHOULD SPREAD AS FAR EAST AS MUNISING AND ESCANABA TODAY. THE EASTERN MOST PART OF THE CWA WILL REMAIN DRY DUE TO LOWER RH LAYER. AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO RUN UP AGAINST THE EAST COAST RIDGE IT WILL BE FORCED NORTH INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. NAM/GFS INDICATE THAT SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL PASS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TONIGHT. NVA WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...HOWEVER...WEAK ISENTROPIC ASCENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW. THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS. THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB NORTH INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA ON MONDAY. A FRONTAL SYSTEM ACCOMPANYING THIS LOW WILL BE DRAPED SOUTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL STATES AND WILL DIRECT MORE MOISTURE INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION. NUMEROUS WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. ISENTROPIC ASCENT EAST OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. NAM/GFS SOLUTIONS MOVE THE MID LEVEL LOW OVER LAKE OF THE WOODS MONDAY NIGHT WHILE WASHING OUT THE SURFACE FEATURE. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAIN HIGH OVER THE FORECAST AREA WHILE 850-500MB Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE ALSO REMAINS STRONG OVER THE AREA. NAM BLANKETS THE FORECAST AREA WHILE GFS BEGINS TO FOCUS THE PRECIPITATION OVER THE EASTERN U.P. BY SUNRISE. I WILL FAVOR THE NAM AS TIMING IS STILL A LITTLE UNCERTAIN THAT FAR OUT...THUS WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS GOING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...UPSTREAM MID LEVEL LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL MONTANA WHILE AT THE SURFACE A LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN. THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL PUSH INTO NORTH DAKOTA...WHILE THE SURFACE LOW PUSHES INTO SOUTHERN MANITOBA ON TUESDAY. SHORTWAVE ENERGY BEING EJECT OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ADEQUATE TO FEED A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN. THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA TUESDAY NIGHT...WHILE THE SURFACE REFLECTIONS WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN ONTARIO. GFS SWINGS THIS TO JUST NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA BORDER WHILE NAM PLACES IT ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF GFS SOLUTION. IT APPEARS THAT NAM MAY BE TOO FAR NORTH WITH THIS SYSTEM WHEN COMPARED TO THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES. GFS IS MORE IN LINE WITH ITS UPPER LEVEL...HOWEVER...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SEEMS TOO FAR SOUTH WHEN CONSIDERING THE BLOCKING RIDGE. THE GEM/ECMWF AND NCEP DISCUSSION SUPPORT A COMPROMISE OF THE NAM/GFS SOLUTIONS...WHICH SOUNDS GOOD TOO. && .MQT...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && VOSS (UPDATE) DLG (PREV DISCUSSION)
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 516 AM EDT SUN APR 30 2006 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-011315- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 416 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2006 /516 AM EDT SUN APR 30 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ221-248-262-LSZ221-241>248-263-264-011315- BAY OF GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- LAKE MICHIGAN...FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE...SOUTHEASTWARD BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE TO THE MID- LINE OF THE LAKE- KEWEENAW BAY AND HURON BAY FROM LOWER ENTRANCE LIGHT TO PORTAGE LAKE TO HURON ISLANDS MI-SAXON HARBOR WI TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- MANITOU ISLAND TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI-MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI- MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI-GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- LAKE SUPERIOR, EAST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE, MN, TO A LINE NORTHWARD FROM MANITOU IS. MI, BEYOND 5 NM AND SOUTH OF THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- LAKE SUPERIOR, EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU IS. MI NORTHWARD BEYOND 5 NM AND SOUTH OF THE US/CANADIAN BORDER, EXCLUDING WHITEFISH BAY- 516 AM EDT SUN APR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN SHORES FOR WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN SHORES FOR WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET FOR MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. DLG
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1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several poplar and spruce trees six inches in diameter uprooted and/or broken off four feet above the ground.
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