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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
951 AM EST MON NOV 9 2009
..AN EXTREMELY MILD NIGHT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR
A COLD FRONT APPROACHED THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKED INTO EASTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN. AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SOUTHERLY WINDS HELPED TO
TRANSPORT EXTREMELY MILD AIR INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES
LAST EVENING MANAGED TO QUICKLY FALL BACK INTO THE UPPER 30S IN
SEVERAL SPOTS. HOWEVER...THE WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS ACTUALLY ALLOWED
TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE 50S OVERNIGHT. TRAVERSE CITY WAS
SITTING AT 62 DEGREES AS OF 7 AM THIS MORNING. THESE WARM
TEMPERATURES WERE THE WARMEST OVERNIGHT READINGS ON THIS DATE.
THE COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS
MORNING...ALTHOUGH THE COLD AIR WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL LATER
TONIGHT. THUS...EXPECT ANOTHER MILD DAY WITH CLOUDS GRADUALLY GIVING
WAY TO SOME SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. ENJOY ANOTHER PLEASANT FALL DAY!
ON NOVEMBER 9TH IN MICHIGAN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1913...THE GREAT
LAKES STORM...GIVEN THE NAMES "WHITE HURRICANE" AND "FRESHWATER
FURY"...WAS IN PROGRESS. THIS WAS THE DEADLIEST AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE
NATURAL DISASTER TO EVER AFFECT THE GREAT LAKES. SHIPS WERE BATTERED
AND OVERTURNED ON FOUR OF THE FIVE LAKES. MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE LOST
THEIR LIVES. NINETEEN SHIPS WERE DESTROYED AND NINETEEN OTHERS WERE
STRANDED. THE FINANCIAL LOSS IN VESSELS ALONE WAS NEARLY 5 MILLION
DOLLARS...OR ABOUT 100 MILLION DOLLARS AT CURRENT VALUE. THIS
INCLUDED ABOUT 1 MILLION DOLLARS /AT CURRENT VALUE/ IN LOST CARGO
TOTALING 68,300 TONS...SUCH AS COAL, IRON ORE AND GRAIN.
KAS
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