3/2/12

Intensifying Low Pressure System Moving Into The Region /Epilogue 3-3-12/

Epilogue:
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