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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 A11
WEATHER THE BAY CITY TIMES
Statistics
FRIDAY
Chance of storms. Mostly cloudy.
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3
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5
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5
Partly cloudy. Northeast wind 5-10 mph becoming northwest.
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Today’s highs and lows
Noon.............. 62.6 1 p.m............. 68.0 2 p.m............. 69.8 3 p.m............. 73.4 4 p.m.............. *67 5 p.m.............. *67 6 p.m.............. *63 7 p.m.............. *63 8 p.m.............. *63 9 p.m.............. *61 10 p.m............ *61 11 p.m............ *61
Gaylord 70/59
Alpena 70/61
Atlanta 70/59
Grayling 74/59
Harrisville 72/59
Mio 72/61
Houghton Lake 76/61
West Branch 76/59
Temps.
Levels
Saginaw Bay
59
3-6 feet
Lake Huron
59
3-6 feet
Lake Michigan
59
3-6 feet
Lake Superior
54
1-7 feet
Lake Erie
65
1-7 feet
Lake Ontario
69
1-3 feet
Standish 77/61
Gladwin 76/61
Clare 77/63
Coleman 79/67
Mount Pleasant 81/67
Bay City 79/68
Midland 81/67 Alma 83/67
LocalLocal rain/snowfall rain Normal to date 23.54" Year to date
19.19"
Owosso 83/70
15" 10"
Temperature
W I
NW
N
NE
5.39" Last year to date Normal for full year 31.61"
SW
S
Bad Axe 77/68 Sebewaing 77/68
Millington 81/70 Lapeer 83/70
Season to date
Normal to date
Season normal
27.16 27.86 34.84 19.19 28.51 22.90 18.53 19.17 17.81
26.33 25.97 24.81 23.66 27.39 28.56 23.71 21.93 24.26
35.35 35.15 32.89 31.61 37.13 38.81 31.53 30.03 32.46
SE
Lake Huron
Today: 50 percent chance of storms. Mostly cloudy. High in the upper 70s. Tonight: 40 percent chance of storms. Increasing clouds. Low in the upper 60s. Friday: Storms likely. Windy. Southwest wind increasing to 35 mph. Rough waters.
Today: Partly cloudy. High in the upper 70s. Southeast wind 10 mph to southwest at 20 mph. Choppy waters. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low in the upper 60s. Southwest wind increasing to 15 mph. Choppy waters. Friday: Storms likely. Windy. Southwest wind increasing to 35 mph. Rough waters.
Regional cities
Predominant: Ragweed, Chenopods, Nettle Thu
City
Fri Sat med
high
Air Quality
Today
Good 0-50
Moderate 51-100
Yesterday
Unhealthy 101-190
Yesterday's main offender: particulate matter
Sun & moon Today Rises
Sun
Tomorrow
Set
Rises
7:15 p.m.
Amount of Daylight
Sep 23 Full
7:42 a.m.
Set
7:25 a.m. 7:29 p.m.
7:24 a.m. 7:31 p.m.
Moon
7:38 p.m. 8:44 a.m.
12:07
12:04
Sep 30 Last Quarter
Oct 7 New
Oct 14 First Quarter
Alpena Ann Arbor Appleton Battle Creek Detroit Farmington Hills Fort Wayne Fremont Gary Grand Rapids Green Bay Houghton Lake Iron Mountain Kalamazoo Kentwood Lansing Lewiston Livonia Madison Milwaukee Oshkosh Pontiac Sault Sainte Marie Sheboygan Sterling Heights Toledo Traverse City
What's in the sky? With a telescope, some observers can see a hint of shadowing along the edge of the full Moon’s disk. Look about 10 degrees south of the Moon for Jupiter. Also nearby are the stars forming the Great Square of Pegasus Venus sets at 8:16 p.m. Mars sets at 8:33 p.m. Jupiter sets at 6:52 a.m. Saturn sets at 7:28 p.m. Source: Morrison Planetarium
Weather history Strong thunderstorm downbursts can cause great damage. Today in 1983, 200 acres of timber in the Kaibab National Forest north of the Grand Canyon were destroyed by such a downburst. Some trees were cut off 15 to 30 feet above the ground.
Star chart
11 p.m. tonight
Grus
Pluto Neptune south Aquila
Cetus
Delphinus
Pegasus
Sagitta
Ophiuchus
Phoenix
Jupiter Uranus
Equuleus
Serpens Cauda
Pisces
Vulpecula
west Hercules
Lyra
Cygnus
east Lacerta
Corona Borealis
Bootes
Aries
City Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Birmingham Bismarck Boston Buffalo Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte Chattanooga Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Dallas Denver Des Moines Duluth El Paso
Rain
T-storms
Ice
Snow
Cepheus
north Ursa Minor
Heating Degree Days
Days......................................... 0 Last year this date.....................0 Season................................... 93 Last year to date................... 147 Normal................................. 134 Normal this date....................... 7 The heating degree day figure, an index of fuel consumption, indicates how far the day's mean temperature was below 65 degrees. Almanac data is for Flint by the National Weather Service
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4
Auriga Camelopardalis
Today Hi Lo W
70 88 74 86 88 85 92 74 88 85 74 56 62 86 85 85 72 86 82 87 76 85 61 81 85 91 78
60 70 61 67 71 70 66 58 67 67 61 49 55 67 67 68 59 70 61 66 61 70 54 63 72 71 63
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Today Hi Lo W 76 61 pc 78 55 pc 52 41 pc 91 70 pc 85 67 pc 90 75 pc 90 69 pc 95 68 pc 51 42 sh 71 62 pc 79 64 t 90 69 pc 93 64 pc 93 64 pc 93 66 pc 73 42 sh 87 67 pc 94 67 s 90 70 pc 94 65 pc 91 66 pc 89 74 c 79 45 pc 79 56 t 52 46 t 86 67 t
Today: Partly sunny. Highs mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy then mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers, thunderstorms. Windy. Lows upper 60s. Friday: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, thunderstorms until midday; then a chance of showers afternoon. Windy. Highs mid-70s. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy then partly cloudy.
Today’s National forecast
Tomorrow Hi Lo W
67 78 63 77 82 79 81 63 72 74 63 52 58 75 74 78 67 81 65 67 63 79 61 65 81 81 69
5. Southwest Michigan
46 49 47 50 52 47 52 47 52 48 45 44 41 51 49 48 43 49 47 49 47 48 43 47 49 52 48
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World cities
NATION'S EXTREMES (yesterday in the 48 contiguous states) High 98°
Culpeper, Va.
L L Billings Billings 6688 / 4444
SSeattle eattle 6622 / 5544
Minneapolis inneapolis M 72 / 5522 72
H SSan an FFrancisco rancisco 72 / 5588 72
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Kansas K ansas City City 83 / 6622 83
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LLos os Angeles Angeles 76 / 6611 76
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H C Chicago hicago 87 / 6677 87
L D Denver enver 79 / 4455 79
Detroit D etroit 8888 / 7711
New N ew York York 88 / 6699 88 W Washington ashington 9933 / 7722
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El Paso El Paso 8866 / 6677
A Atlanta tlanta 91 / 7700 91 Houston H ouston 9900 / 7766 Miami Miami 90 9 0/7 79 9
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Stationary
National cities
Tomorrow Hi Lo W City 85 63 pc Fairbanks 83 60 pc Fargo 49 41 s Flagstaff 88 71 pc Grand Jnctn 90 68 pc Greensboro, NC 89 74 pc Honolulu 92 68 pc Houston 93 67 pc Indianapolis 65 46 pc Jacksonville 85 67 pc Juneau 84 53 t Kansas City 89 69 pc Knoxville 94 64 pc Las Vegas 91 65 pc Little Rock 92 68 pc Louisville 78 44 s Marquette, MI 70 51 t Memphis 88 59 t Miami 87 58 t Milwaukee 93 66 pc Minneapolis 88 55 t Nashville 90 74 pc New Orleans 82 49 s New York 70 52 pc Norfolk 55 45 sh North Platte 87 66 pc Oklahoma City
Today Hi Lo W 47 24 s 56 46 sh 70 39 pc 76 50 pc 90 64 pc 84 74 pc 90 76 pc 94 69 pc 88 73 pc 51 39 r 83 62 t 92 64 pc 92 66 s 93 71 pc 94 72 pc 62 58 t 98 74 pc 90 79 t 87 66 t 72 52 t 95 69 pc 89 76 pc 88 69 pc 90 70 s 75 46 t 84 71 pc
Today
City
Low NOT° Availa
Tomorrow Hi Lo W 44 20 s 63 49 pc 74 43 pc 80 49 s 91 66 pc 86 74 pc 91 76 pc 86 57 t 88 72 t 50 42 r 77 60 pc 90 66 pc 95 68 s 91 68 t 90 64 t 63 44 sh 95 72 pc 89 79 t 67 49 t 61 51 pc 92 69 pc 90 75 pc 88 66 pc 89 70 s 77 50 s 84 68 t
City Omaha Orlando Palm Springs Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Portland, OR Providence Raleigh Rapid City Richmond San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Fe Seattle Shreveport Sioux Falls St. Louis Tampa Topeka Tucson Tulsa Wichita Wshngtn, DC
Today
Hi 77 91 96 87 93 87 68 64 78 95 60 94 67 72 80 76 62 92 70 91 92 83 88 87 85 93
Lo 54 74 70 69 73 65 49 54 60 66 44 67 57 58 58 47 54 72 51 68 76 62 68 72 66 72
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Tomorrow
Hi 74 92 103 91 98 86 74 75 83 94 73 95 63 79 86 81 67 93 68 78 92 77 94 85 83 95
Lo 51 75 74 68 75 58 58 58 66 67 46 66 59 58 61 52 54 73 51 58 76 58 69 68 65 70
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Acapulco Amsterdam Athens Auckland Baghdad Bangkok Barcelona Beijing Belgrade Berlin Brisbane Brussels Budapest Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Cape Town Casablanca Copenhagen Dublin Edinburgh Edmonton Frankfurt Geneva Havana Helsinki Ho Chi Minh Hong Kong Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul Karachi Lisbon London Madrid Manila Melbourne Mexico City Montreal Moscow Nairobi New Delhi Oslo Ottawa Paris Prague Rio Rome San Jose Del Cabo Santiago Seoul Shanghai Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw
Today Shown are the noon positions of expected precipitation.
Tomorrow
Hi Lo W
86 68 78 59 111 91 77 77 75 71 73 73 71 62 95 55 59 89 62 60 62 57 71 71 89 57 91 86 98 78 80 87 80 66 75 89 60 73 75 57 75 84 60 71 73 68 86 82 86 73 73 77 89 60 64 86 82 78 57 68 66
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Tomorrow Hi Lo W
86 62 78 62 109 95 75 77 75 69 71 60 71 69 93 57 64 86 62 55 57 60 62 64 89 59 91 87 102 82 75 89 77 57 78 91 66 73 77 59 77 86 50 77 60 68 84 80 89 69 75 78 87 62 73 82 68 77 62 68 68
LEGEND: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers,
75 46 64 50 80 77 57 48 53 48 60 50 51 53 75 39 42 64 55 33 35 46 53 50 73 44 75 77 73 53 48 73 59 44 55 78 46 59 60 46 55 71 32 50 48 48 71 60 77 41 55 69 77 41 55 75 57 50 51 51 48
t-tstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, f-fog
Nation's Precipitation
Andromeda Cassiopeia
Draco
Aug Sep
Today: Mostly cloudy during the morning. Mostly sunny during the afternoon. Highs 85 to 89. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear during the evening. Partly cloudy overnight. Lows 68 to 72. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Friday: Partly sunny during the morning. Cloudy during the afternoon. Windy. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy and windy.
Saginaw Bay
Pollen
low
Jul
Today: Mostly cloudy during the morning. Partly sunny during the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms through early afternoon. Tonight: Partly cloudy during the evening. Mostly cloudy overnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Friday: Cloudy and windy, then scattered light showers. Friday: Cloudy and windy.
Outdoor recreational forecast
Precipitation for selected cities through 5 p.m. Wednesday (Season: January 1st - December 31st)
0.46 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.12 0.00
0.32
4. Southeast Michigan
State rain/snowfall 24 hours
2.64
2.49
0.65
Feb Mar Apr May Jun
1. Upper Peninsula Today: Showers, storms; especially afternoon. Highs around 61. Tonight: Showers, storms. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Lows around 57. Friday: Showers morning. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy. 2. Northern Michigan Today: Rain showers, chance of storms. Highs lower 70s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Tonight: Breezy; warmer. Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers, storms; then rain showers, chance of storms after midnight. Friday: Breezy. Friday Night: Partly cloudy. 3. Saginaw Bay
Data are for Flint as of 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Ann Arbor Battle Creek Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lansing Pontiac Saginaw
Jan
3.12
Temperature over the past 24 hours
Rain: 0.00" Month total: " For year: 19.19" Month norm.: " Year norm.: " Year +- to date: " Snowfall: " Season Snowfall: "
E
W
0"
N
0.00"
Nov Dec
0.83
1.37
95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 9 p.m. 12 a.m. 3 a.m. 6 a.m. 9 a.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m.
High: 71°, Low: 62°, Normal: °/° Last year: 80° / 61° Rec. high: °, Rec. low: °,
Fenton 85/70
D IR E CT I
1.41
4.23
Sep
Yesterday’s almanac
Holly 85/70
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ND
5"
Total for 24 hours
Oct
Precipitation
Flushing 83/70 Flint 83/70
3.34 0.59
0
(inches for each month)
Aug
3.35
2
Normal amounts
Vassar 83/70
Saginaw 83/70
25" 20"
Saginaw Bay
Jul
6
Actual amounts
Waves 1 to 2 feet.
Noon.............. 63.0 1 p.m............. 62.6 2 p.m............. 68.0 3 p.m............. 71.6 4 p.m............. 71.6 5 p.m.............. *70 6 p.m.............. *65 7 p.m.............. *65 8 p.m.............. *65 9 p.m.............. *63 10 p.m............ *63 11 p.m............ *63
Chance of storms. Mostly cloudy.
100 80 60 40 20 0 -20
4
Tawas City 76/63
Wednesday's temps at Bishop Airport
Midnight.........66.0 1 a.m............. 66.0 2 a.m............. 64.9 3 a.m............. 64.9 4 a.m............. 64.9 5 a.m............. 64.9 6 a.m............. 64.9 7 a.m............. 64.9 8 a.m............. 64.4 9 a.m............. 66.2 10 a.m........... 66.2 11 a.m........... 66.0
Temperature
Actual highs Actual lows Normal highs Normal lows
Bishop Airport
Wednesday's high / low............. 71° / 62° Last year.................................... 80° / 61° Normal...................................... 70° / 47° Record high.............................. 90°, 1941 Record low............................... 30°, 1999 Peak wind...................................... 9 mph
Mostly sunny. South wind 10 mph.
Precipitation
Water
High: 63° Low: 58°
Weathertrends 9
High
Low
8
TODAY
Moderate
YESTERDAY
Minimal
1
7
TUESDAY
High: 70° Low: 49°
UltravioletIndex 1
Wednesday's temps at MBS Airport
MONDAY
High: 65° Low: 43°
Mostly cloudy. Northwest wind 10-20 mph.
Yesterday's Satellite Image
Wednesday's high / low............. 73° / 60° Last year.................................... 83° / 50° Normal...................................... 68° / 45° Record high.............................. 99°, 2004 Record low............................... 29°, 1999 Peak wind...................................... 9 mph
SUNDAY
High: 65° Low: 45°
Storms likely. Windy. Southwest wind increasing to 35 mph.
MBS Airport
Midnight.........60.8 1 a.m............. 60.8 2 a.m............. 60.8 3 a.m............. 60.8 4 a.m............. 60.8 5 a.m............. 60.8 6 a.m............. 60.8 7 a.m............. 60.8 8 a.m............. 60.8 9 a.m............. 60.8 10 a.m........... 60.8 11 a.m........... 62.6
SATURDAY
High: 72° Low: 45°
Very high
Weather
TODAY
High: 79° Low: 68°
Forecasts provided by Weather Underground, Inc. Historical temperature and precipitation data provided by National Weather Service.
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