The Nation - News from May 29, 1989

Mostly mild Memorial Day weekend weather across the nation was punctuated by storms in the Midwest, squalls in the East and a brief return to winter in parts of the Rockies. In Montana and Idaho, snow was expected in the mountains and eastern slopes above 5,000 feet and two to three inches of slush was reported on roads in the Cutbank, Mont., area. Thunderstorms extended across much of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota and South Dakota, where high winds downed trees and blew a semi-truck off the road. Boaters returned under clear skies to Boston Harbor for the John F. Kennedy Regatta competition, where a day earlier 20 young sailors were tossed from their small sailboats and into the 40-degree waters when a squall suddenly hit the area. All were rescued. Michigan residents awoke to clear skies but unseasonably cold temperatures as Alpena hit a record low of 31 degrees.