Alert archive / Wisconsin / Snow Advisories in 2005
Snow Advisory 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this snow advisory at Dec 13, 2005, 2:46 PM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 14, 2005, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2005, 2:46 PM CST (20:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2005, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2005, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KMKX 132046 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 246 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SHAPING UP TO BE A SNOWY WEDNESDAY... .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 3 TO 6 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE STATE FROM THE PLAINS TONIGHT. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PULL DEEPER MOISTURE FROM THE GULF NORTHWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN AND DEEPEN AS IT MOVES INTO WISCONSIN FROM MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-140500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0002.051214T1200Z-051215T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.051214T1200Z-051215T0300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 246 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF. SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE MILWAUKEE...MADISON... JANESVILLE... FOND DU LAC...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSIN DELLS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ COLLAR/HENTZ
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 140247 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 847 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SHAPING UP TO BE A SNOWY WEDNESDAY... .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 3 TO 6 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE STATE FROM THE PLAINS LATER TONIGHT. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PULL DEEPER MOISTURE FROM THE GULF NORTHWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN AND DEEPEN AS IT MOVES INTO WISCONSIN FROM MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-141100- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.051214T1200Z-051215T0300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 847 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST WEDNESDAY... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF. SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE MILWAUKEE...MADISON... JANESVILLE...FOND DU LAC...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSIN DELLS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ZAJDEL
000 WWUS43 KMKX 140912 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 312 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...A WINTERY WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .SNOW IS EXPECTED MUCH OF THE DAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 4 TO 6 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY ARE MILWAUKEE... MADISON...SHEBOYGAN...JANESVILLE...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSIN DELLS. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE INTO MINNESOTA TODAY. SEVERAL VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RETURN OF WINTERY WEATHER. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE DESPITE BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SLOW DOWN...AND REMEMBER YOUR SAFE WINTER DRIVING SKILLS. DO NOT OVEREXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-141715- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.051214T1200Z-051215T0300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 312 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SNOW ADVISORY ARE MILWAUKEE...MADISON... JANESVILLE...FOND DU LAC...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSIN DELLS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE DESPITE BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. SLOW DOWN...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD. DO NOT OVEREXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. $$ MBK/WOOD
000 WWUS43 KMKX 141104 CCA WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 504 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...A WINTERY WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .SNOW IS EXPECTED MUCH OF THE DAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 4 TO 6 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY ARE MILWAUKEE...MADISON... SHEBOYGAN...JANESVILLE...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSIN DELLS. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE INTO MINNESOTA TODAY. SEVERAL VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RETURN OF WINTERY WEATHER. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE DESPITE BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SLOW DOWN...AND REMEMBER YOUR SAFE WINTER DRIVING SKILLS. DO NOT OVEREXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-141715- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.051214T1200Z-051215T0300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 504 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SNOW ADVISORY ARE MILWAUKEE...MADISON... JANESVILLE...FOND DU LAC...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSIN DELLS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE DESPITE BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. SLOW DOWN...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD. DO NOT OVEREXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. $$ MBK/WOOD REMOVED BEGINNING TIME FOR SNOW ADVISORY FROM TEXT
000 WWUS43 KMKX 141342 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 742 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...A WINTERY WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO LIKELY THIS EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY ARE MILWAUKEE... MADISON... SHEBOYGAN...JANESVILLE...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSIN DELLS. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE INTO MINNESOTA TODAY. SEVERAL VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RETURN OF WINTERY WEATHER. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE DESPITE BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS...WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. SLOW DOWN...AND REMEMBER YOUR SAFE WINTER DRIVING SKILLS. DO NOT OVEREXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-142145- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051215T0300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 742 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. THE FIRST BATCH OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. IN ITS WAKE IT HAS DEPOSITED ONE TO TWO INCHES OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING MADISON. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE MILWAUKEE...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN AND BEAVER DAM AREAS...WITH MORNING SNOWFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES LIKELY. SNOW WAS ALREADY BEGINNING TO SPREAD BACK INTO SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM EASTERN IOWA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SNOW ADVISORY ARE MILWAUKEE... MADISON... JANESVILLE...FOND DU LAC...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSIN DELLS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE DESPITE BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS...WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. SLOW DOWN...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD. DO NOT OVEREXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. $$ MBK
000 WWUS43 KMKX 141738 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1138 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...A WINTRY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...WITH A BAND OF STEADY MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO LIKELY THIS EVENING. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY ARE MILWAUKEE... MADISON... SHEBOYGAN...JANESVILLE...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSIN DELLS. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE INTO MINNESOTA TODAY. SEVERAL VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTRY WEATHER. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-150145- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051215T0300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1138 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE SNOW WILL PUSH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ON TOP OF THE ONE TO TWO INCHES THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SNOW WAS ALREADY BEGINNING TO SPREAD BACK INTO SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM EASTERN IOWA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OR SO POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH THE SNOW RAPIDLY TAPERING OFF AFTER 6 PM. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SNOW ADVISORY ARE MILWAUKEE... MADISON... JANESVILLE...FOND DU LAC...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSIN DELLS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE DESPITE BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS...WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH THE BAND OF SNOW MOVING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SLOW DOWN...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD. DO NOT OVER EXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. $$ REM
000 WWUS43 KMKX 142158 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 358 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TO GRADUALLY END OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTLING INTO MINNESOTA TONIGHT...WILL SPIN THE LAST OF SEVERAL VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AS A BAND OF STEADY MODERATE SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LAST DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE REGION BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE STEADY SNOW COMES TO AN END. WIZ056-062-063-067-068-150000- /O.EXT.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051215T0000Z/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE 358 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... STEADY LIGHT SNOW IS BEGINNING TO END BACK TOWARDS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AS A BAND OF STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WHILE SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING...THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY 6 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE INCH OR LESS. THE SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN IS WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE WITH BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS EASING A BIT...WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH THE BAND OF SNOW MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON DURING EVENING DRIVE TIME. SLOW DOWN...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD. DO NOT OVER EXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. $$ WIZ046-047-057-058-064>066-069>072-150200- /O.EXT.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051215T0200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DODGE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 358 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. STEADY LIGHT SNOW IS BEGINNING TO END BACK TOWARDS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AS A BAND OF STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WHILE SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE LATE EVENING...THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY 8 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN IS WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE IN COMBINATION WITH BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS EASING A BIT...WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH THE BAND OF SNOW MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DURING DRIVE TIME. SLOW DOWN...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD. DO NOT OVER EXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. $$ WIZ051-052-059-060-150300- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051215T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON 358 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. STEADY LIGHT SNOW IS BEGINNING TO END BACK TOWARDS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AS A BAND OF STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY 9 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN IS WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE IN COMBINATION WITH BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS EASING A BIT...WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH THE BAND OF SNOW MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DURING DRIVE TIME. SLOW DOWN...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD. DO NOT OVER EXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 150051 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 651 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTLING INTO MINNESOTA TONIGHT...WILL SPIN THE LAST OF SEVERAL VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...AS A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LAST DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE REGION BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE STEADY SNOW COMES TO AN END. WIZ064>066-069>072-150200- /O.CAN.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051215T0200Z/ JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 651 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. $$ WIZ046-047-057-058-150200- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051215T0200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM 651 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... WIDESPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY 8 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN IS WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE IN COMBINATION WITH BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS EASING A BIT... WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH THE BAND OF SNOW MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DURING DRIVE TIME. SLOW DOWN...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD. DO NOT OVER EXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. $$ WIZ051-052-059-060-150300- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051215T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON 651 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... WIDESPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY 9 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN IS WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE IN COMBINATION WITH BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS EASING A BIT... WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH THE BAND OF SNOW MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DURING DRIVE TIME. SLOW DOWN...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD. DO NOT OVER EXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. $$ TZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 150151 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 751 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTLING INTO MINNESOTA TONIGHT...WILL SPIN THE LAST OF SEVERAL VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LAST DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE REGION BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE STEADY SNOW COMES TO AN END. WIZ046-047-057-058-150300- /O.CAN.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051215T0200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM 751 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. $$ WIZ051-052-059-060-150300- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051215T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON 751 PM CST WED DEC 14 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... WIDESPREAD STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY 9 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN IS WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE IN COMBINATION WITH BLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS EASING A BIT... WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WITH THE BAND OF SNOW MOVING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DURING DRIVE TIME. SLOW DOWN...AND ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD. DO NOT OVER EXERT YOURSELF WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW. $$ TZ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow 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 snow advisory went out at Dec 13, 1:48 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 1:48 PM CST, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 148 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON POTENTIAL WINTER STORM FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FOCUS IS ON SNOW EVENT FOR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A SMALL SOUTHERN BIAS ON THE GFS. THIS DIFFERENCE IS FAIRLY INCONSEQUENTIAL SINE SURFACE TRACK IS STILL JUST TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. KEY FEATURE WITH STORM SYSTEM IS THE STRONG ISENTROPIC UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION NOTED ON 295K SURFACE IN 12Z WEDNESDAY TO 00Z THURSDAY TIME FRAME...WITH AVERAGE MIXING RATIOS OF 3 G/KG. MODELS ALSO SHOW STRONG VORTICITY MAXIMA ROTATING INTO THE FORECAST AREA DURING THIS TIME...WITH GOOD 500MB UPPER DIFLUENCE. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES FAIRLY STEEP AND SOME CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL INDICATED. 700MB INGREDIENTS CHARTS FROM NAM AND GFS INDICATE MODERATE Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE COINCIDING WITH SOME SATURATED EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL VORTICITY FIELD DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY 850MB LOW LEVEL JET OF 40 TO 45 KNOTS SHOULD ALSO HELP BRING MOISTURE INTO THE SYSTEM. HOWEVER WITH SYSTEM DEVELOPING SO FAR NORTH THE FEED OF GULF MOISTURE WILL BE SLOWER. QPF VALUES OF 0.30 T0 0.40 INCHES WERE GENERALLY FOUND ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FOR WEDNESDAY...WITH ANOTHER 0.10 TO 0.20 INCHES FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COBB TECHNIQUE FOR THE NAM OUTPUT BOTH GIVE ABOUT A 10 TO 1 SNOW RATIO. THIS WOULD GIVE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ABOUT 3 TO 4 INCHES FOR WEDNESDAY...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE MOST OVER THE NORTH SECTIONS. GIVING A 4 TO 6 INCH TOTAL SNOWFALL. THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTIVE BANDS IS THERE...BUT MID LEVEL DRY SLOT ALSO PUSHES IN RATHER QUICKLY...SO EVENING SNOWS COULD BE LESS. WITH MOST PRECIPITATION AN ISENTROPIC LIFT EVENT AND WITH LOW TRACKING TO THE WEST AND NORTH...AND WITH GULF MOISTURE SLOW TO INITIALLY GET INTO THE SYSTEM...WILL GO WITH A HIGH END ADVISORY...ESPECIALLY SINCE NAM HAS BACKED OFF A BIT ON QPF. IF CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL BECOMES MORE SIGNIFICANT LATER FORECASTS CAN UPGRADE. SOME POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER DRY SLOT BUT SNOW WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PROBLEM. STORM SYSTEM BECOMES VERTICALLY STACKED BY THURSDAY...AND IS SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SO...WILL KEEP MENTION OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ONLY EXPECT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS TIME. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR WIZ046-WIZ047-WIZ051- WIZ052-WIZ056- WIZ057- WIZ058- WIZ059- WIZ060-WIZ062-WIZ063- WIZ064-WIZ065-WIZ066- WIZ067- WIZ068- WIZ069- WIZ070-WIZ071- WIZ072. && HENTZ
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 4:00 AM CST, 10 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 400 AM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-141000- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 400 AM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS BY 6 AM ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT...LESS THAN ONE INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS AND INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SLOW DOWN AND STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE AREA. WINTER STORM WARNINGS OR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MORE LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY ON THURSDAY...WITH THE CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW PERSISTING INTO FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-665-141000- SHEBOYGAN TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS- 400 AM CST TUE DEC 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS...CAUSING WAVES TO INCREASE TO 4 TO 7 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEAST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED...WITH WAVES INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 FEET. THE WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 3:22 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
Snow Advisories in Wisconsin, 2005Every snow advisory in 2005
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.