Starting over

Wednesday was a good deal warmer & sunnier than Tuesday...very warm, too warm, humid even...perfect for taking more pictures and giving Buffy another go at the great outdoors. She stuck it out a bit longer this time, even venturing up on the deck (but not before thoroughly inspecting the entire safe space beneath it), and then retreated to the familiar comfort of the house soon thereafter. We'll try it again tomorrow, perhaps, after the rain we've been having for the last 48 hours passes.

Oh, & did I mention that it's gotten cool again, really cool, like down into the mid-40s...that's nearly 40° chillier than it was just 2 days ago...maybe we'll wait 'til it warms up into the 60s on Sunday...wacky, wacky weather....

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Record Report — Statement as of 1:41 am EDT on May 13, 2004... Record high temperature tied at Muskegon on Wednesday...

The high temperature of 82 degrees at Muskegon on Wednesday tied the record high for the date. The record was set 1903 and also tied in 1926.

*Severe Thunderstorm* Watchurgent - immediate broadcast requested
Severe Thunderstorm Watch number 206
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
105 PM EDT Fri may 14 2004

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Indiana, lower Michigan, northwest Ohio, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Huron Effective this Friday afternoon and evening from 105 PM until 800 PM EDT.

Hail to 1 inch in diameter... thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph... and dangerous lightning are possible in these areas.

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch area is along and 80 statute miles east and west of a line from 15 miles North of Oscoda Michigan to 30 miles southwest of Fort Wayne Indiana.

Discussion... tstms expected to continue to intensify ahead of strong cold front moving across the region. Despite relatively weak instability/lapse rates... sufficient moisture and strong tropospheric flow should result in a few fast-moving line segments/supercells with damaging wind potential.

Aviation... a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 400. Mean storm motion vector 23035.