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NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 9:40 AM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1040 AM EDT FRI SEP 8 2006 .UPDATE...COLD FRONT PROGRESSING THIS MORNING TO THE STRAITS AROUND SUNRISE. THE SUNSHINE THEN BEGAN TO BLUNT THE NOSE OF THE COLD AIR INITIALLY, BUT THE CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH THE 850 FRONT HAS BEEN POWERING THROUGH UPPER MICHIGAN SO THAT LOWER CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO MAKE THEIR MOVE SOUTH OF THE STRAITS. A TIMING OF THE PROGRESSION CURRENTLY GIVE THE CLOUD LINE ROUGHLY JUST NORTH OF KAPN TO KGLR TO KFKS BY 18Z. THE 500 MB VORTMAX SUPPORTING THE COLD FRONT IS THE MAJOR PLAYER WITH THE SYSTEM AND IS LOCATED IN N MINNESOTA. CURRENT 88D (BOTH MQT AND APX) SHOW SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING THROUGH UPPER MICHIGAN JUST BEHIND THE MAIN COLD FRONT. SO...NORTH OF M-72, FORECAST LOOKS GOOD WITH RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER. SOUTH OF M-72 WILL PROBABLY SCALE BACK THE THUNDER POTENTIAL IF NOT BY 11 AM PROBABLY BY 1 PM, ONCE I AM CONVINCED THAT THE CLOUDS WILL LIMIT THE INSOLATION TO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE FORECAST AREA AND THUS THE THUNDER. LUTZ && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 430 AM EDT FRI SEP 8 2006 LATEST SURFACE/SATELLITE/RUC ANALYSIS SHOWING ENERGETIC NORTHERN STREAM FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES INTO CANADA. POTENT SHORTWAVE IS DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO BETWEEN MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS STRETCHING FAR NORTH INTO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND CLOSED CIRCULATION NORTH OF QUEBEC. AT THE SURFACE...COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH ONTARIO SHORTWAVE MAKING STEADY PROGRESS SOUTH ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND THE WESTERN UPPER AS A 1022MB CANADIAN BUILDS IN BEHIND FRONT. LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOWING A DECAYING LINE OF SHOWER AND STORMS ALONG AND SLIGHTLY BEHIND FRONT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF FRONT. FORECAST CONCERNS CENTERED ON TIMING OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE...THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...POST FRONTAL COLD AIR MASS...AND POSSIBLE MARINE HEADLINES. TODAY...BASED OFF EARLY MORNING RADAR TRENDS HAVE SCALED BACK PRECIPITATION TO SCATTERED COVERAGE ACROSS THE EASTERN UPPER AND THE TIP OF THE MITT. UNFAVORABLE MORNING TIMING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PRECLUDE MUCH OF A THUNDER THREAT. HOWEVER...WILL KEEP MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDER PER REGIONAL LIGHTNING PLOT SHOWING SOME REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. ELSEWHERE...WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS THIS MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR THUNDERSTORMS FIRING ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN AREA OF ENHANCED LOW LEVEL JET AND SHOWERS AND STORMS FILLING IN ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY AND CONTINUE TO TAKE ON ANAFRONT CHARACTERISTICS WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE COOL AIR. COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON OVER OUR SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN ZONES WITH FAVORABLE DIURNAL TIMING. AS FOR SEVERE WEATHER...LATEST SPC DAY ONE OUTLOOK HAS ALL AREAS FROM MACKINAW COUNTY SOUTH IN SLIGHT RISK. KINEMATICS RATHER UNIMPRESSIVE AS BEST MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS AND SHEAR PASS NORTH WITH SHORTWAVE. 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR OVER THE CWA IS ONLY ABOUT 20 KNOTS WITH 500 MB WIND SPEEDS OF ONLY 25 TO 30 KNOTS. THERMODYNAMICS MORE IMPRESSIVE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH. SB CAPE APPROACHES 1700 J/KG WITH ML CAPE OF NEARLY 800 J/KG. IN ADDITION...WET BULB HEIGHTS ARE ONLY 10.3 KM WITH A FREEZING LEVEL OF 11.1 KM. BASED OFF THE ABOVE...FEEL HAIL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. THAT BEING SAID...EXTREME SHALLOW NATURE OF FRONTAL ZONE MY INHIBIT DEEP MOIST CONVECTION IN MORE FAVORABLE UNSTABLE AREAS AHEAD OF FRONT. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...WILL FOLLOW A NON-DIURNAL TREND AND SPREAD COOLER AIR SOUTH BEHIND FRONT. TONIGHT...FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO CLEAR THE AREA AS IT ALIGNS ITSELF PARALLEL TO MID LEVEL WIND FIELD AND WITH BEST UPPER LEVEL DYNAMIC PASSING NORTH. REGION IS ALSO IN FAVORABLE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 80 KNOT 300 MB JET WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE NOTED OVER THE AREA. GIVEN THIS AND PAST HISTORY OF FRONT WITH PRECIPITATION WELL NORTH OF FRONTAL ZONE WILL KEEP GOING FORECAST OF POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN LOWER...TAPERED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. LINGERING INSTABILITY THIS EVENING MAY LEAD TO SOME THUNDERSTORMS SO WILL KEEP IN FORECAST. SATURDAY...WILL LINGER CHANCE POPS FAR SOUTH AS GFS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN SHOWING SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION WELL NORTH OF FRONT. ELSEWHERE...850 MB CAA CONTINUES WITH READINGS DROPPING TO 2C BY EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO IMPRESSIVE SHALLOW OVER WATER INSTABILITY WITH DELTA TS APPROACHING 18C. NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD BRING IN LAKE GENERATED STRATUS TO MUCH OF THE NORTHEASTERN LOWER. ELSEWHERE...EXPECT MORNING MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS GIVING WAY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER WITH HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE 50S IN MOST AREAS. REST OF FORECAST LEFT UNCHANGED. MARINE...GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS BEING OBSERVED DIRECTLY BEHIND FRONT THIS MORNING IN THE WESTERN UPPER AND LAKE SUPERIOR. WILL START SCA FOR WHITEFISH BAY AND THE SAINT MARYS RIVER AT NOON TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE GUSTY WINDS. NORTH WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTH OVER NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL HOIST SCA NORTH OF SLEEPING BEAR POINT STARTING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MSB && .APX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1043 AM EDT FRI SEP 8 2006 LHZ345>349-361-362-LMZ323-341-342-344-345-363-LSZ321-322-MIZ008- 015>036-041-042-091000- 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- 1043 AM EDT FRI SEP 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE HURON...LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE SUPERIOR...EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF M-72. THE PRIMARY RISK WILL BE HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE. THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON ON LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND WHITEFISH BAY OF EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S ACROSS THE INTERIOR REGIONS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. THESE TEMPERATURES COULD BE COLD ENOUGH TO HARM TENDER VEGETATION...AND YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT PLANTS SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY. MSB/LUTZ
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A cluster of thunderstorms downed a large tree near Lewiston.
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