November Gale comes early to the Great Lakes

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To put you in the mood you have to play this song to know what November gales are all about.

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Maybe the biggest storm to strike the Midwest in 70 years or more is on the way. Depending on what part of the Midwest you live in. No matter where you live in the US one thing is for sure that this will be one of these most widespread wind storms to strike the middle of the country in recent memory. What will make this storm so incredible will be the very low pressure it is forecast to bomb out. Depending on the model you look at it could be anywhere from 955-965mb which is 28.20”-28.50” of mercury on the barometer ready for surface pressure. Most meteorologists and pilots get how low this is but for everyone else, let me put this into perspective. We have had 17 named storms in the Atlantic Hurricane season so far. If this storm bombs out to 960mb it will be stronger than 11 out of 17 of those tropical storms and hurricanes this season. This will be a mess brining a moderate risk of severe weather with a potential tornado outbreak for the Ohio Valley. Blizzard like conditions for the Dakotas and Rockies where snow will be measured in feet in some places. Then the  WIND, this will be an inland hurricane from Tuesday-Thursday!

 

Check out the the amount of warnings for winter, storm and snow already posted by the NWS

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Here’s a forecast surface map of the storm on late Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. Notice the pressure 962mb over the arrowhead of MN.

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Compared to the “Cleveland Super Bomb of 1978”.

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This is the Storm track comparing the Edmund Fitzgerald storm to the 1998 record breaking storm.

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How the upcoming cyclone ranks among other notable cyclones over the Great Lakes

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1030 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

RANK EVENT DATE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
1. Great Ohio Blizzard Jan 26, 1978 950 HPA / 28.05 inches
2. Upcoming October event Oct 26-27, 2010 959 HPA / 28.35 inches **
3. Armistice Day Storm
Anniversary Storm		 Nov 11, 1940
Nov 10, 1998		 967 HPA / 28.55 inches
967 HPA / 28.55 inches
4. Cyclone of 1913
(aka White Hurricane)		 Nov 7-9, 1913 968 HPA / 28.60 inches
5. Edmund Fitzgerald Storm Nov 10, 1975 980 HPA / 28.95 inches

   *  AVERAGE AMONG SEVERAL CURRENT FORECAST MODELS

 
Pressure records by State in the mid-west
 

MICHIGAN        
Alpena 31.09 2/9/1934 28.40 1/1/1864
Detroit 31.04 3/5/1948 28.30 1/26/1978
Grand Rapids 31.07 1/26/1927 28.72 3/22/1955
Marquette 31.08 1/26//1927 28.63 12/14/1920
Sault St. Marie 31.15 1/26/1927 28.58 11/29/1919
         
MINNESOTA        
Duluth 31.10 1/17/1989 28.48 11/10/1998
International Falls 31.08 1/10/1949 28.70 11/10/1949
Minneapolis/St. Paul 31.09 1/17/1989 28.55 11/10/1998
Rochester 31.06 2/1/1959 28.47 11/10/1998

 

NORTH DAKOTA        
Bismarck 31.24 2/17/1989 28.62 3/15/1920
Fargo 31.18 12/28/1917 28.54 3/15/1920
Williston 31.24 1/9/1962 28.84 1/11/1932

 

SOUTH DAKOTA        
Huron 31.18 12/28/1917 28.66 3/26/1950
Rapid City 31.15 2/11/1899 28.85 1/10/1980
Sioux Falls 31.12 3/11/1998 28.63 3/26/1950

 

WISCONSIN        
Green Bay 31.09 1/26/1927 28.69 12/14/1920
La Crosse 31.10 1/26/1927 28.72 11/11/1940
Madison 31.06 1/26/1927 28.68 1/3/1906
Milwaukee 31.00 1/16/1989 28.77 2/28/1902

ILLINOIS        
Cairo 31.00 1/7/1968 28.91 2/10/1960
Chicago 30.97 1/16/1989 28.60 2/28/1902
Moline 31.02 12/20/1924 28.60 2/28/1902
Peoria 31.01 12/20/1924 28.89 3/11/1923
Springfield 30.99 1/7/1968 28.71 2/28/1902
         
INDIANA        
Evansville 30.99 12/10/1919 28.93 2/28/1902
Fort Wayne 30.97 1/26/1927 28.60 1/9/1963
Indianapolis 30.97 2/12/1981 28.78 2/28/1902
         
IOWA        
Des Moines 31.06 2/1/1959 28.76 2/28/1902
Dubuque 31.03 1/26/1927 28.68 1/3/1906
Sioux City 31.09 12/29/1917 28.66 3/26/1950
Waterloo 31.05 2/1/1959 28.74 1/10/1975

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