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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
957 AM EST THU JAN 27 2005
RECORD BREAKING COLD OVERNIGHT
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME COASTAL LOCATIONS...MOST OF NORTHERN
MICHIGAN WAS CLEAR AND CALM OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING THE MERCURY TO FREE
FALL INTO THE MORNING HOURS. THERE WAS A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
READINGS IN THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WERE INSULATED BY CLOUD COVER...AND
THOSE WHO CLEARED OUT. IN FACT...ALPENA AND GAYLORD SET RECORDS
OVERNIGHT...WITH ALPENA BOTTOMING OUT AT 11 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 10 BELOW SET BACK IN 1986.
GAYLORD PLUMMETED TO 26 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 22 BELOW SET BACK IN 1986. PETOSKEY TAKES THE CAKE AS
THE COLD SPOT ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN...RECORDING A MORNING LOW OF
32 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. HERE IS A LOOK AT OTHER NOTABLE READINGS THAT
OCCURRED OVERNIGHT.
ELMIRA -30
GRAYLING -27
INDIAN RIVER -31
PELLSTON -29
SAULT STE MARIE -25
AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION...SKIES WILL BE
MOSTLY CLEAR AGAIN TONIGHT MAKING FOR ANOTHER FRIGID ONE. READINGS
WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS TO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO.
HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE ON FRIDAY...WITH A BIT
OF A WARMING TREND EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
ON THIS DAY IN MICHIGAN WEATHER HISTORY...DAY ONE OF THE BLIZZARD OF
78 WAS UNDERWAY. A MASSIVE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...PACKING WINDS OF
50 TO 70 MPH AND BLINDING SNOWS...BROUGHT THE STATE TO A STAND
STILL. SNOWFALL RANGED FROM 12 TO 34 INCHES DURING THE TWO DAY
PERIOD...BUT THE EXTREME PHENOMENON WERE THE HUGE DRIFTS GENERATED
BY THE HIGH WINDS. HOMES WERE LITERALLY BURIED IN SNOW DRIFTS. ONE
SUCH DRIFT WAS EVEN REPORTED TO BE AS HIGH AS 50 FEET.
IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL INJURIES AND DEATHS...OTHER DAMAGE REPORTS
INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING. 120 THOUSAND CARS AND TRUCKS WERE
ABANDONED...INCLUDING LIVESTOCK TRUCKS WITH CATTLE ABOARD. AN 806
FOOT LAKE FREIGHTER WAS BLOWN AROUND IN THE SAINT MARYS RIVER AND A
MARITIME ACADEMY VESSEL WAS SUNK WHILE CHAINED TO THE PIER IN
TRAVERSE CITY. 38 BUILDINGS ACROSS THE LOWER PENINSULA SUFFERED
PARTIAL OR TOTAL ROOF COLLAPSE...INCLUDING 6 MANUFACTURING
PLANTS...7 WAREHOUSES...4 SCHOOLS...2 BOWLING ALLEYS...A HOCKEY RINK
AND A THEATER.
BERGER/JRJ
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