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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
741 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012
...OVERCAST AND DAMP...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION GENERATED OVERCAST 
SKIES AND RAIN THAT LASTED INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE RAIN 
ENDED AROUND 4 PM OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN...BUT WITH SOME DRIZZLE 
STILL FOUND HERE AND THERE THROUGHOUT LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
EVENING. TEMPERATURES WERE PRETTY STEADY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH 
READINGS IN THE MID 40S TO LOW 50S.
LOOKING AHEAD...A SMALL AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CLEAR SKIES FOR 
TUESDAY...BEFORE A SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE ROCKIES PUSHES INTO 
THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY THURSDAY. THIS PATTERN WILL GENERATE A 
MORE HUMID AND WARMER AIR MASS...ALONG WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK 
WEEK...AND INTO THE WEEKEND.
TODAY IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1854...THE CONNECTICUT RIVER REACHED A 
LEVEL OF NEARLY TWENTY-NINE FEET AT HARTFORD (THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF 
RECORD UP UNTIL THAT TIME). THE RECORD HEIGHT WAS REACHED IN THE 
MIDST OF A GREAT NEW ENGLAND FLOOD WHICH FOLLOWED SIXTY-SIX HOURS OF 
STEADY RAIN.
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STARTING TOMORROW...THIS PRODUCT WILL BE CONVERTED FROM THIS 
TRADITIONAL TEXT FORMAT TO A WEB BASED PRODUCT. WATCH FOR THE 
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY LINK TWICE DAILY IN YOUR FACEBOOK NEWS FEED 
AND ALSO IN THE TOP NEWS OF THE DAY ON OUR WEBSITE.
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD
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