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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
931 AM EDT MON DEC 27 2010

...OK...LETS TRY UNEVENTFUL...

THE QUIET WEATHER JUST KEEPS RIGHT ON A GOING (AT LEAST FOR
HERE...HISTORIC SNOWSTORM TAKING PLACE ACROSS PARTS OF THE
NORTHEAST) AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO REMAIN IN CONTROL OF
NORTHERN MICHIGAN WEATHER. WHAT THIS MEANT OVERNIGHT WAS SIMPLY A
CONTINUATION OF THE RECENT PATTERN...WITH MOST AREAS REMAINING
DRY...WITH JUST A FEW SCATTERED FLURRIES IN OTHERS. ACTUAL...THERE
WHERE A FEW DIFFERENCES FROM THE LAST COUPLE NIGHTS...NAMELY NO
SNOW-GUN INDUCED SNOW BANDS ACROSS OTSEGO AND CHARLEVOIX
COUNTIES...AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF CLEAR SKIES (AT LEAST INITIALLY)
ACROSS EASTERN UPPER AND INTERIOR REGIONS OF NORTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN.

PER THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN WINTERTIME USUAL IN A CLOUD SITUATION LIKE
ABOVE...TEMPERATURES VARIED QUITE A BIT ACROSS THE AREA...WITH
OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS SOME INLAND
LOCATIONS...TO WELL INTO THE 20S NEAR THE BIG LAKES SHORELINES. AS
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS...THESE TEMPERATURES VARIED QUITE A BIT WHEN
COMPARED TO WHAT IS CONSIDERED "NORMAL" FOR DECEMBER 27TH LOW
TEMPERATURES.

LOCATION         LOW TEMPERATURE       NORMAL LOW       DEPARTURE

SAULT STE MARIE           8                 9               -1
HOUGHTON LAKE             6                13               -7
ALPENA                   15                14               +1
TRAVERSE CITY            15                18               -3
GAYLORD                   3                13              -10
PELLSTON                 -2                13              -15

THE COLDEST LOCATION ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN WENT TO
PELLSTON...WHICH DROPPED TO 2 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. FRANKFORT STAYED
THE "WARMEST"...ONLY DROPPING TO 26 DEGREES.

LOOKING AHEAD...HIGH PRESSURE WORKING INTO THE NORTH WOODS WILL
BRING BENIGN WEATHER FOR THE GREAT LAKES REGION INTO THE MIDDLE OF
THE WORK WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION...PRIMARILY RAIN...WILL COME LATE IN THE WEEK...INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEKEND...AS LOW PRESSURE CROSSES THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES.

AFTER A RATHER CHILLY START TO THE WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL TURN
WELL ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

TODAY...DECEMBER 27TH...IN NATIONAL WEATHER HISTORY. BACK IN
1892...AN ATLANTIC COAST STORM PRODUCED A RECORD 18.6 INCHES OF SNOW
AT NORFOLK VIRGINIA...INCLUDING 17.7 INCHES IN 24 HOURS. THE STORM
ALSO PRODUCED 9.5 INCHES OF SNOW AT RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA...AND
BROUGHT SNOW TO NORTHERN FLORIDA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 35 YEARS.

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MSB

      
      

  
    
    
  
  
    
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