1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 28, 3:05 AM EST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 405 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 .DISCUSSION...MEAN NORTH AMERICAN PATTERN OF RIDGE EAST/TROUGH WEST THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK...THEN FLATTENS OUT WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF A REVERSAL FOR NEXT WEEKEND WITH HEIGHTS FALLING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. STRONG SHORT WAVE OVER THE GREAT BASIN FORECAST TO LIFT UP WESTERN SIDE OF THE RIDGE AXIS...KEEPING BEST HEIGHT FALLS (AND STRETCHED OUT FRONTAL ZONE ALONG LEADING EDGE OF UPPER TROUGH) WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. A WARM PATTERN TO BE SURE...BUT IN ADDITION TO TEMPERATURES FORECAST CONCERNS WILL HAVE SOME PRECIPITATION ISSUES TO DEAL WITH AS THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY ARRIVE. TODAY/TONIGHT...SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM MIDNIGHT INDICATED AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE NE PANHANDLE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS NORTHEAST FROM THIS LOW THROUGH THE DAKOTAS...THEN ARCS EASTWARD ACROSS ONTARIO. WESTERN GREAT LAKES FIRMLY WITHIN THE WARM AIR...WITH WIDESPREAD 60+ DEW POINTS ACROSS THE PLAINS/OHIO VALLEY AND EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL/SOUTHERN LOWER MI. DEEP LAYER SOUTH/ SOUTHWEST FLOW IN PLACE ALOFT...WITH WARM ADVECTION SUPPORTED BY 45KT LOW LEVEL JET AND A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN WI/WESTERN UPPER...SOME OF WHICH CROSSING LAKE MICHIGAN INTO NORTHWEST LOWER. CURRENT INSTABILITY ANALYSIS SUGGESTS A TIGHT GRADIENT ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN...WITH 925-850MB MUCAPE OF 1000-1500 J/KG ACROSS NORTHEAST WI...DECREASING RAPIDLY HEADING EAST INTO NORTHWEST LOWER. DEALING WITH THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ORDER OF THE DAY...AND IT LOOKS LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERYONE IS GOING TO SEE SOME RAIN THIS MORNING AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH TRACKS ACROSS UPPER MI DRAGS MCS REMNANTS OVER WI AND CENTRAL UPPER MI ACROSS THE AREA. SOME HIGH BASED WARM ADVECTION LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ALSO OCCURRING OUT AHEAD OF THIS ACROSS EASTERN UPPER AND THE TIP OF THE MITT. PLENTY OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHEAST WI OVERNIGHT... WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THESE STORMS AS THEY HEAD INTO NORTHWEST LOWER. THOUGH THEY ARE OUTRUNNING BETTER INSTABILITY AND THUS FAR HAVE SHOWN A WEAKENING TENDENCY AS THEY CROSS THE LAKE. LOOKS LIKE PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE MORNING HOURS AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH SCOOTS OUT OF HERE FAIRLY QUICKLY...FOLLOWED BY RELATIVELY DRIER AIR IN ITS WAKE (MEAN 850-500MB RH BELOW 40 PERCENT) WHICH (IT IS HOPED) WILL CAP THINGS OFF FOR THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AS SHORT WAVE RIDGING/ANTICYCLONIC FLOW DEVELOPS ALOFT. MORNING CLOUDS EXPECTED TO GIVE WAY TO AFTERNOON SUN...SO ANTICIPATE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM WELL INTO THE 80S THOUGH PROBABLY FALL SHORT OF RECORD HIGHS. MONDAY...STILL LOOKING VERY WARM AND STICKY FOR MEMORIAL DAY...WITH TEMPERATURES INLAND FROM THE LAKES GETTING TO THE 90 DEGREE VICINITY WITH DEW POINTS AT LEAST IN THE MID 60S. MODIFIED FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR UPPER 80S/MID 60S YIELDING CAPE VALUES AROUND 2500 J/KG WITH LITTLE CINH. CURRENT FORECAST HAS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES PRIMARILY ALONG LAKE HURON BREEZE...NOT UNREASONABLE ALTHOUGH GIVEN FORECAST MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY MAY NOT TAKE MUCH OF ANYTHING TO TOUCH OFF A THUNDERSTORM. WILL KEEP FORECAST AS IS TO AVOID MUCH FLIP-FLOPPING...DID HOWEVER ADD THUNDER CHANCE BACK INTO CHIPPEWA COUNTY GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR COLLIDING LAKE BREEZES TO ENHANCE CONVERGENCE. SOME RECORDS MAY BE IN JEOPARDY MONDAY (89 ANJ/89 GLR/92 TVC/90 APN IF THE LAKE BREEZE DOESNT GET THERE FIRST). RAIN CHANCES SHOULD END WITH LOSS OF HEATING...SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY IN PLACE OVERNIGHT THOUGH HARD TO FIND MUCH SUPPORT FOR UPWARD MOTION (BOTH NAM/GFS SHOWING ISENTROPIC DOWNSLOPE ON 305K SURFACE). SO DIFFICULT TO SEE WHY GUIDANCE (AT LEAST THE GFS/ETA... WRF VERSION OF THE NAM DRY) TRYING TO PRINT OUT SOME QPF OVERNIGHT. WILL GO DRY OVERNIGHT. MARINE...LAKE BREEZE MAY AGAIN BE AN ISSUE TODAY ON THE LAKE HURON SIDE...SOMEWHAT MARGINAL WITH LOW LEVEL WINDS AROUND 20KTS OR SO THOUGH SHOULD BE A DECENT LAND/LAKE THERMAL CONTRAST WHICH MAY HELP THINGS ALONG...PERHAPS THE SAME STORY ON GRAND TRAVERSE BY AS WELL. WEAK GRADIENT SHOULD ENSURE ANOTHER WIDESPREAD LAKE BREEZE DAY SIMILAR TO SATURDAY. NO HEADLINES ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. FOG/HAZE WILL BE AN ISSUE AS WELL THROUGH MONDAY AS HIGH DEW POINT AIR CROSSES THE COLDER LAKE WATERS. JPB && .APX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 610 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 LHZ345>349-361-362-LMZ323-341-342-344-345-363-LSZ321-322-MIZ008- 015>036-041-042-291000- 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- 610 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE HURON...LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE SUPERIOR...EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. JPB
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:09 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A cluster of strong thunderstorms moved across Central Lower Michigan in the mid to late morning hours. One storm got strong enough to produce marginally severe hail.
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