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AWUS83 KAPX 111418
RWSAPX
MIZ008-015>036-041-042-120200-

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1015 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 2008

...PHENOMENAL LATE SEASON WARMTH TO CONTINUE...

THANKS TO HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES...WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL MID OCTOBER WEATHER. CLEAR
SKIES LAST NIGHT...AND LIGHT WINDS...ONCE AGAIN ALLOWED TEMPERATURES
TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND 30S FOR INLAND COMMUNITIES. COASTAL
TOWNS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORES WERE ABLE TO HOLD INTO THE 40S
AND EVEN LOW 50S.

THE COLDEST OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE WAS 32 DEGREES AT HOUGHTON
LAKE...PELLSTON...ATLANTA AND GRAYLING. THE WARMEST OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURE WAS 48 DEGREES AT MACKINAC ISLAND.

THE SPECTACULAR WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AGAIN...WITH YET ANOTHER DAY
OF WALL TO WALL SUNSHINE. A LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S IN EASTERN
UPPER...AND THROUGH THE 70S FOR MOST AREAS IN NORTHERN LOWER. THESE
WARM TEMPERATURES WILL NOT NEAR ANY RECORDS (WHICH HAPPEN TO BE IN
THE UPPER 70S TO MIDDLE 80S)...BUT BY TOMORROW AND MONDAY...WE COULD
BE CLOSER. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO RISE FURTHER INTO THE 70S AND
LOWER 80S FOR SUNDAY...AND QUITE POSSIBLY MONDAY.

WHILE SOME MAY BELIEVE THE COMING WEATHER TO BE HIGHLY UNUSUAL...IN
FACT A STRETCH OF VERY WARM WEATHER IS OFTEN REALIZED IN THE FIRST
HALF OF OCTOBER...TYPICALLY JUST BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF A COLDER
AIRMASS TO ROUND OUT THE MONTH. WILL THAT BE THE CASE THIS YEAR?
STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES...

ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1954...A DELUGE OF 6.72 INCHES
OF RAIN FELL ALONG THE CHICAGO RIVER BASIN...CAUSING WIDESPREAD
FLOODING. THE STORM CREATED AN ESTIMATED 10 MILLION DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE IN AND AROUND CHICAGO.

$$

LAWRENCE/SMD

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AWUS83 KAPX 110101
RWSAPX
MIZ008-015>036-041-042-121400-

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
900 PM EDT FRI OCT 10 2008

...PHENOMENAL LATE SEASON WARMTH TO CONTINUE...

DOES IT GET ANY BETTER IN MID OCTOBER? WELL...ACTUALLY YES...BUT
MORE ON THAT LATER. FIRST...HOWEVER...LET`S TALK ABOUT FRIDAY. WALL
TO WALL SUNSHINE...LIGHT WINDS...AND AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOW TO
MID 60S MADE THE FINAL DAY OF THE WORK WEEK A NEAR PERFECT EARLY
FALL DAY (THOUGH PERHAPS JUST A TAD CHILLY STILL FOR THOSE FOLKS NOT
YET READY TO ADMIT THAT COLDER WEATHER IS NEARBY)...THANKS TO THE
ARRIVAL OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. TYPICAL
FALL CONDITIONS PREVAILED INTO THE EARLY EVENING...WITH TEMPERATURES
DROPPING QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET TO SETTLE IN THE 40S AND LOW 50S BY 9
PM.

WELL...AS ALLUDED TO ABOVE...EVEN BETTER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY
HEADING THROUGH THE COMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND...THANKS TO HIGH PRESSURE
LITERALLY REMAINING PARKED OVER THE REGION. UNDER NEARLY CLOUDLESS
SKIES...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM WELL INTO THE 70S (YES
YOU READ THAT RIGHT)...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE SPOTS TO EVEN
TOUCH 80 DEGREES COME SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE SOME MAY BELIEVE THE
COMING WEATHER TO BE HIGHLY UNUSUAL...IN FACT A STRETCH OF VERY WARM
WEATHER IS OFTEN REALIZED IN THE FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER...TYPICALLY
JUST BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF A COLDER AIRMASS TO ROUND OUT THE MONTH.
WILL THAT BE THE CASE THIS YEAR? STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES...

ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY (OCTOBER 11)...IN 1954...A DELUGE OF
6.72 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALONG THE CHICAGO RIVER BASIN...CAUSING
WIDESPREAD FLOODING. THE STORM CREATED AN ESTIMATED 10 MILLION
DOLLARS IN DAMAGE IN AND AROUND CHICAGO.

$$

LAWRENCE

      
      

  
    
    
  
  
    
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