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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
931 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009
...KINDA "NOVEMBERISH"...
AFTER A MONTH THAT HAS SO FAR FEATURED ANYTHING BUT TYPICAL NOVEMBER 
WEATHER ACROSS THESE PARTS...GOOD OLD MOTHER NATURE FINALLY RIGHTED 
THE SHIP AND BROUGHT A DOSE OF NOVEMBER REALITY BACK TO THE 
NORTHWOODS...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND COOL NORTHWEST WINDS. 
NOW...THE SNOW DID NOT AMOUNT TOO MUCH...WITH MOST AREAS STAYING 
WELL UNDER AN INCH AND JUST ENOUGH SNOW TO COAT THE BROWNISH LAWNS 
(ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHLANDS OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN). THE 
SNOW AND BLUSTERY WINDS WERE COMPLIMENTS OF DEPARTING UPPER LEVEL 
LOW PRESSURE...WITH EVEN SOME CONTRIBUTION FROM THE MAJESTIC 
NORTHERN GREAT LAKES WATERS. AS FOR SOME SPECIFIC SNOWFALL TOTALS 
OVERNIGHT...HERE AT THE OFFICE 9 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF 
GAYLORD...AN EVEN ONE INCH WAS REPORTED THROUGH 7AM...WHILE A COUPLE 
SPOTS IN NORTHWESTERN OTSEGO COUNTY CAME IN WITH APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 
5 INCHES.
AS MENTIONED...TEMPERATURES WHERE CONSIDERABLY COOLER THAN THEY HAVE 
BEEN (HOWEVER...IRONICALLY STILL SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE 
NORMAL)...WITH READINGS GENERALLY FALLING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 
30S. THE COLD LOCATIONS WERE GRAYLING AND MANTON...WHICH DIPPED TO 
30 DEGREES...WHILE TAWAS POINT STAYED THE WARMEST...DROPPING TO 36 
DEGREES.
WITH SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND THE DECIDEDLY 
LACK-THEREOF FOR MUCH OF THE MONTH...THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WORTH A 
LOOK AT JUST HOW FAR BELOW NORMAL OUR SPECIFIC CLIMATE SITES HAVE 
BEEN IN SNOWFALL THIS MONTH.
LOCATION         NOVEMBER SNOW     NORMAL NOVEMBER SNOW   DEPARTURE
                                    (THRU THE 26TH)
SAULT STE MARIE      1.2 IN              13.1 IN          -11.9 IN 
HOUGHTON LAKE        TRACE                7.2 IN           -7.2 IN 
ALPENA               TRACE                6.8 IN           -6.8 IN
TAKING A LOOK AHEAD...AFTER SOME LINGERING LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW 
SHOWERS THIS MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION SHOULD 
PROVIDE DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY EVENING. THE NEXT 
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH SUNDAY... WITH JUST A TOUCH OF 
LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW. COLD AIR FLOWS IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM FOR NEXT 
WEEK...WITH SEVERAL PERIODS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE.
TODAY...NOVEMBER 27TH...IN MICHIGAN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1994...HIGH 
WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BATTERED THE UPPER PENINSULA. HEAVY 
SNOWS WERE FOUND THROUGH THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER...WITH 
POWERFUL WINDS STRETCHING INTO THE EASTERN UPPER. THE HIGH WINDS DID 
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ST. IGNACE WATER FRONT. THE CITY 
MARINA...BOARDWALK AND CASINO SUFFERED THE MOST DAMAGE. THE EASTERLY 
WIND GUSTED TO 82 MPH ON THE MACKINAC BRIDGE...FORCING IT'S CLOSURE 
FOR 6 HOURS AND 32 MINUTES AND BACKING UP TRAFFIC FOR AT LEAST 3.5 
MILES. THE WIND WAS THE STRONGEST RECORDED ON THE BRIDGE SINCE 
RECORDS BEGAN DURING THE 1980'S. A BARGE CARRYING LIQUID ASPHALT 
GROUNDED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BOIS BLANC ISLAND AND WASN'T 
 
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