A list of peak winds is worth a thousand words with peak gusts right in the 50-55 mph predicted range. Hope your power stayed on!
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 750 AM EDT SAT MAR 3 2012 THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TODAY... AS OF 730 AM... DETROIT METRO AIRPORT 55 MPH 111 AM... ANN ARBOR 54 MPH 916 PM... FLINT 53 MPH 157 AM... DETROIT CITY AIRPORT 53 MPH 1155 PM... OWOSSO 53 MPH 215 AM... PONTIAC 52 MPH 1202 AM... YPSILANTI 52 MPH 1034 PM... CARO 52 MPH 1224 AM... ADRIAN 51 MPH 913 PM... MOUNT CLEMENS 51 MPH 223 AM... MONROE 51 MPH 1113 PM... SAGINAW-HARRY BROWNE AIRPORT 48 MPH 311 AM... BAD AXE 47 MPH 515 AM... SAGINAW-MBS AIRPORT 46 MPH 1148 PM... GROSSE ILE 46 MPH 1034 PM... TROY 45 MPH 1114 PM... PORT HOPE 44 MPH 124 AM... LAMBERTVILLE 44 MPH 855 PM... PORT HURON 40 MPH 257 AM... MIDLAND 37 MPH 434 AM...
BTW: A pic is also worth a thousand words: This pic was taken
by Josh Halasy over Northern Michigan in Grayling 3/3/12.
What Southeast Lower Michigan Missed:
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Original Blog 3/2:
A deep and intensifying low pressure will push through Lower Michigan overnight into early Saturday morning. This storm will bring wind blown rain and possible thunderstorms over much of Southern Lower Michigan this afternoon and evening; and heavy snow with near blizzard conditions over portions of Northern and Upper Michigan overnight. A strong cold front will pivot behind the center of the storm later tonight and bring much colder air along with snow showers to Southern Lower Michigan into Saturday. This is the same storm system that is currently (Friday afternoon, 3/2) bringing severe weather and tornadoes across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys.
The rain and snow over Michigan will be accompanied by strengthening winds into the evening and overnight. Peak sustained southwest to west winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts possibly as high as 50 to 55 mph are expected from late this evening into early Saturday across all of Lower Michigan. The central pressure of this intense cyclone is expected to plummet to around 976MB /28.80"/ by Saturday morning (map; below) as it pushes northeast from Lower Michigan to just east of the U.P.
Travelers and interested parties can get additional weather forecasts from the NWS across Michigan here at White Lake /DTX/, Grand Rapids /GRR/, Gaylord /APX/ and Marquette /MQT/.
Making weather fun while we all learn,
Bill Deedler -SEMI_WeatherHistorian
Bill Deedler -SEMI_WeatherHistorian
