Alert archive / Wisconsin / Frost Advisories in 2005
Frost Advisory 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this frost advisory at Oct 7, 2005, 2:15 PM CDT for 11 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 8, 2005, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2005, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2005, 2:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2005, 7:23 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMKX 071915 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 215 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005 ...FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT... .COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD COMBINE WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND CLOUDS...LEADING TO FROST FORMATION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. IF THE CLOUDS REMAIN MORE WIDESPREAD AND DON/T DIMINISH AS FORECAST...THE THREAT FOR FROST WILL LOWER SHARPLY. WIZ046-047-056>058-062>064-067>069-080315- /X.NEW.KMKX.FR.Y.0001.051008T0700Z-051008T1400Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 215 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MID 30S BY SATURDAY MORNING. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE URGED TO PROTECT OR HARVEST TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMKX 080114 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 814 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005 ...FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT... .COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD COMBINE WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND DECREASING CLOUDS...LEADING TO FROST FORMATION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. IF MORE CLOUDS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN PUSH INLAND...THE THREAT FOR FROST WILL BE REDUCED OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ051-059-065-070-080915- /X.EXA.KMKX.FR.Y.0001.051008T0700Z-051008T1400Z/ FOND DU LAC-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...WEST BEND...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 814 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S BY SATURDAY MORNING. FROST IS EXPECTED UNLESS MORE CLOUDS PUSH INLAND OFF LAKE MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE URGED TO PROTECT OR HARVEST TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ WIZ046-047-056>058-062>064-067>069-080915- /X.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0001.051008T0700Z-051008T1400Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 814 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MID 30S BY SATURDAY MORNING. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE URGED TO PROTECT OR HARVEST TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS73 KMKX 080848 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 348 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2005 ...FROST EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION MAY LEAD TO FROST FORMATION IN SOME AREAS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. WIZ051-058-059-064-065-069-070-081000- /X.CAN.KMKX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051008T1400Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 348 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. CLOUD COVER IS RESULTING IN WARMER TEMPERATURES SO LITTLE TO NO FROST IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-081400- /X.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051008T1400Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 348 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S ACROSS THE AREA WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FROST THIS MORNING. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE URGED TO PROTECT OR HARVEST TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. $$
000 WWUS73 KMKX 081223 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 723 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY CANCELLED... .CLOUD COVER MOVING ACROSS THE AREA HAS CAUSED TEMPERATURES TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-081330- /X.CAN.KMKX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051008T1400Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 723 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2005 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING...ENDING THE THREAT OF FROST. $$ TZ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Oct 7, 1:16 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 1:16 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 116 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON FROST POTENTIAL TONIGHT AND UNCERTAINTY OF CLOUD COVER. CLOUD DECK IS CURRENTLY QUITE EXTENSIVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...IT LOOKS VERY DIURNAL IN ITS CELLULAR TEXTURE WITH PIREPS INDICATING THE DECK ONLY ABOUT 1KFT OR SO THICK. CLEAR SLOT ALONG THE WRN SHORE OF LK MICHIGAN SOMEWHAT CURIOUS. BUT IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT SATELLITE TEMP DATA SHOWS LOTS OF UPWELLING WITH WTR SFC TEMPS IN THE UPR 40S TO LOWER 50S. THIS COMPARES WITH MID 60S OUT AT MID LAKE. A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WITH RESPECT TO DELTA T/S AND LAKE EFFECT INFLUENCE. THIS EXPLAINS THE LIMIT OF THE LK EFFECT LIGHT SHOWERS HOLDING OUT OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE AND DYING BEFORE REACHING SHORE. WILL GO WITH A DIURNAL DIMINISHING OF THE CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. ANY MODEST HOLES IN THE CLOUD COVER THAT PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS AT LEAST...SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME FROST FORMATION. THEREFORE WILL GO WITH A FROST ADVISORY FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM GREEN LAKE TO JANESVILLE. H8 TEMPS BEGIN TO WARM FROM THE SOUTH ON SATURDAY. DELTA/T BECOMES A NON ISSUE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT MORE DIURNAL CU ON SATURDAY BUT SHOULD MORE READILY ERODE SATURDAY EVENING OPENING THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE FROST BY SUNDAY MORNING. PLENTY OF SUN EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...NICE FALL DAY. LOOKS DRY UNTIL AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM SATURDAY TO 9 AM SATURDAY FOR WIZ046- WIZ047-WIZ051-WIZ056-WIZ057-WIZ058-WIZ062-WIZ063-WIZ064-WIZ067- WIZ068-WIZ069. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 4:15 AM CDT, 10 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 415 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-081000- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 415 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PARTIAL CLEARING MAY ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AREAS OF FROST ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND ALSO IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WELL AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-665-081000- SHEBOYGAN TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS- 415 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND BECOME NORTHEAST. WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 4 TO 7 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ON SATURDAY DUE TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES OF 3 TO 7 FEET. MBK
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.