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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

March 12, 20067 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm warning at Mar 12, 2006, 4:42 AM CST for 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 12, 2006, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2006, 4:42 AM CST (10:42 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 13, 2006, 4:00 PM CST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2006-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2006-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KGRB 121042
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
442 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...DEVELOPING STORM TO IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS TODAY AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS
NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WHILE AREAS SOUTH
WILL SEE A WINTRY MIX OR RAIN.

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-121845-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0002.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0002.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
442 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A DEVELOPING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO
NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW
BEGINS TO TAPER OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASING NORTH WINDS
AROUND 20 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ARE EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

WIZ020-030-031-121845-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
MENOMINEE-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU
442 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. 

A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL
WISCONSIN TONIGHT...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON
MONDAY. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WIZ021-073-074-121845-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ
442 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. 

A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...CHANGING
TO ALL SNOW ON MONDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF
SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE WELL INLAND FROM THE BAY...WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE BAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 121756
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1156 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...DEVELOPING STORM TO IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS TODAY AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS TRACK WOULD BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS
NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WHILE AREAS
SOUTH WILL SEE A WINTRY MIX OR RAIN. LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED
SOUTH OF A KEWAUNEE TO WISCONSIN RAPIDS LINE. 

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-130200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
1156 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT 
TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON.
ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY LATER THIS EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

WIZ020-030-031-130200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
MENOMINEE-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU
1156 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...
AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW LATER IN THE EVENING.
THE SNOW WILL THEN AGAIN BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN OVERNIGHT
AS WARM AIR MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH. 

THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE
MONDAY MORNING. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE A SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF
2 TO 5 INCHES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE AREA ROADS...
BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WIZ021-073-074-130200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ
1156 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...
AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW LATER IN THE EVENING.
THE SNOW WILL THEN AGAIN BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN OVERNIGHT
AS WARM AIR MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH. 

THE PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW BY
LATE MONDAY MORNING. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE
POSSIBLE WELL INLAND...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE BAY.
ROADS...BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

ECKBERG
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 122158
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
358 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW 
TO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WILL MOVE INTO 
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A
BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO AREA NORTH OF A MARINETTE TO 
MERRILL LINE...WHILE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET 
OR SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF THIS LINE. 
 
WIZ005-010>013-018-019-130600-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
358 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE MICHIGAN BORDER. IF TRAVELING THIS
EVENING...EXPECT RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AS HEAVY 
SNOW MOVES INTO THE AREA. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

WIZ020-030-031-130600-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
MENOMINEE-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU
358 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS
EVENING... AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW LATER
IN THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN AGAIN BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET
OR RAIN OVERNIGHT AS WARM AIR MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE
MONDAY MORNING. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE A SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION
OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE AREA
ROADS...BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

WIZ021-073-074-130600-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.060313T0000Z-060313T1800Z/
NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ
358 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
MONDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS
EVENING... AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW LATER
IN THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN AGAIN BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET
OR RAIN OVERNIGHT AS WARM AIR MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW BY
LATE MONDAY MORNING. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE
POSSIBLE WELL INLAND...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG THE
BAY. ROADS...BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

ECKBERG
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 130415
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1014 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN MISSOURI WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN TONIGHT...THEN INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN ON MONDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO NORTH CENTRAL AND
FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WARM AIR WRAPPING INTO THE SYSTEM WILL
RESULT IN A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FROM WAUSAU TO
KESHENA TO CRIVITZ. FARTHER SOUTH...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN.

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-131215-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
1014 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST MONDAY. 

SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND BECOME MODERATE
TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. THE SNOW MAY
MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...
MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RHINELANDER TO CRANDON TO PEMBINE.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN VILAS...ONEIDA...FOREST AND FLORENCE COUNTIES.
THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH RAPIDLY BY LATE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET
ARE IMMINENT. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
MOTORISTS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL PLANS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS MOVED OUT OF THE REGION.

$$

WIZ020-021-030-031-131215-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU
1014 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST
MONDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW CAN IS ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
ON MONDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY...RANGING FROM
A COUPLE INCHES IN EASTERN SHAWANO COUNTY...TO AS MUCH AS 4 TO 7 INCHES
FROM WAUSAU TO NEOPIT TO TOWNSEND. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE
AREA ROADS...BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED PRECIPITATION AND
MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ073-074-131215-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ
1014 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST
MONDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW CAN IS ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT...
EXCEPT NEAR THE BAY...WHERE MAINLY RAIN IS EXPECTED. THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW ON MONDAY.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY...RANGING FROM AROUND AN
INCH NEAR THE BAY...TO AS MUCH AS 4 TO 7 INCHES IN CENTRAL OCONTO
AND CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTIES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE
AREA ROADS...BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED PRECIPITATION AND
MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED PRECIPITATION AND
MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
KIECKBUSCH
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 131031
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
431 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN IOWA THIS MORNING...TO
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A
BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY.
WARM AIR WRAPPING INTO THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FROM WAUSAU TO KESHENA TO CRIVITZ. FARTHER
SOUTH...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF
RAIN...MIXING WITH SNOW LATE IN THE DAY.

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-131845-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
431 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND BECOME
MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY
MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES EARLY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN VILAS...ONEIDA...FOREST
AND FLORENCE COUNTIES. THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH RAPIDLY BY LATE
AFTERNOON. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL PLANS UNTIL
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE REGION.

$$

WIZ020-021-030-031-131845-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU
431 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY AFTERNOON.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY...RANGING FROM A COUPLE
INCHES IN EASTERN SHAWANO COUNTY...TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES FROM
WAUSAU TO NEOPIT TO TOWNSEND.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED PRECIPITATION AND
MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ073-074-131845-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ
431 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...EXCEPT
NEAR THE BAY...WHERE MAINLY RAIN WILL FALL. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION
WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL
TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY...RANGING FROM AROUND AN INCH NEAR
THE BAY...TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IN CENTRAL OCONTO AND
CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTIES. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED PRECIPITATION AND
MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 131247
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
647 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN IOWA THIS MORNING...TO
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A
BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
TODAY. WARM AIR WRAPPING INTO THE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN A MIXTURE
OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FROM WAUSAU TO KESHENA TO CRIVITZ.
FARTHER SOUTH...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE IN THE FORM
OF RAIN...MIXING WITH SNOW LATE IN THE DAY.

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-132100-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
647 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND BECOME
MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY
MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES EARLY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN VILAS...
ONEIDA...FOREST AND FLORENCE COUNTIES. THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH
RAPIDLY BY LATE AFTERNOON. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL PLANS UNTIL
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE REGION.

$$

WIZ020-021-030-031-132100-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU
647 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS...BECOMING MORE WIDESPEAD BY LATE MORNING AND CHANGING
OVER TO ALL SNOW BY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY
SIGNIFICANTLY...RANGING FROM AN INCH IN EASTERN SHAWANO COUNTY...TO AS
MUCH AS 6 INCHES FROM WAUSAU TO NEOPIT TO TOWNSEND.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED PRECIPITATION AND
MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ073-074-132100-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ
647 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...MIXED WITH SOME SLEET OR SNOW THIS
MORNING...WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW 
DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY...RANGING
FROM AROUND AN INCH NEAR THE BAY...TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IN CENTRAL
OCONTO AND CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTIES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED PRECIPITATION AND
MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 131629
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1029 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.LOW PRESSURE LOCATED WEST OF OSHKOSH THIS MORNING WILL 
SHIFT NORTHEAST OF WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM
WILL BRING A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO MUCH OF
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN RAPIDLY
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. 

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-132200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
1029 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER
OF A MILE OR LESS...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET ACROSS NORTHERN MARINETTE
COUNTY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN VILAS... ONEIDA...FOREST AND FLORENCE COUNTIES.
THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH RAPIDLY BY LATE AFTERNOON. INCREASING
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL PLANS 
UNTIL THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE REGION.

$$

WIZ020-021-030-031-132200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU
1029 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER OF A
MILE OR LESS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS MARATHON COUNTY. 
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN
PORTION OF THE COUNTY...WHILE AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SHOULD
FALL OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

FOR NORTHERN OCONTO...MENOMINEE AND SHAWANO COUNTIES...A MIXTURE OF
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MENOMINEE
AND SHAWANO COUNTIES TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED PRECIPITATION AND
MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ073-074-132200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ
1029 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...MIXED WITH SOME SLEET OR SNOW THIS
MORNING...WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL VARY SIGNIFICANTLY...
RANGING FROM AROUND AN INCH NEAR THE BAY...TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES
WELL INLAND. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED
PRECIPITATION AND MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

ECKBERG
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 132208
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
408 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

.WINTER STORM MOVING AWAY FROM NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WILL MOVE
INTO ONTARIO TONIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS 
EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA...EXCEPT ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS 
WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. 

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-132315-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
408 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY MINOR
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS
SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. 

THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS THE SNOW BELT REGION OF VILAS
COUNTY...WHERE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO
TUESDAY. IN THE SNOWBELT REGION OF VILAS COUNTY...A COUPLE INCHES
OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

WIZ020-021-030-031-073-074-132315-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...CRIVITZ
408 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THE MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW. ONLY
A MINOR ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. 

$$

ECKBERG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 11, 3:30 PM CST, 13 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 3:30 PM CST, 13 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
330 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

.SHORT TERM....TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. FIRST DISTURBANCE PASSED OVER THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE A SECONDARY SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE TOWARDS WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LATEST
SATELLITE IMAGES AND LIGHTNING PLOT INDICATED CONVECTION BREAKING
OUT ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGH
CHANCES ALONG THE LAKESHORE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE
REGION OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A DECREASE IN CLOUDS LATER TONIGHT.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY AS THE NEXT
SYSTEM APPROACHES WISCONSIN LATE IN THE DAY. DID ADD A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE IN THE DAY. WARMEST
TEMPERATURES MAY BE ACROSS THE NORTH ON SUNDAY WITH A LITTLE BIT
MORE SUNSHINE IN THIS REGION...WHILE CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL
MORE CLOUDINESS AND OVER THE EAST THE WIND WILL BE OFF THE COOLER
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NGT THRU NXT SAT. MAIN FCST FOCUS OCCURS EARLY IN
THE PERIOD WITH STG LOW PRES AFFECTING THE FCST AREA SUNDAY NGT THRU
MON. SECONDARY SYSTEM APPROACHES MIDWEEK BUT PASSES BY FARTHER SOUTH
THAN ITS PREDECESSOR. WL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH LK EFFECT FOR NRN WI AS
COLDER AIRMASS ARRIVES.

STARTING SUNDAY NGT...THE GFS/UKMET/ECMWF REMAIN CONSISTENT ON TAKING
THE SFC LOW THRU THE MIDWEST TO THE DBQ VCNTY BY 12Z MON. 50 KT LOW-LVL
JET WL TRANSPORT GULF MSTR INTO WI WITH GOOD FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING OVR
THE STATE. PLENTY OF OVERRUNNING PCPN EXPECTED ACROSS THE FCST AREA AS
8H WRMFNT TO BE LOCATED ACROSS CNTRL WI. BASED ON PROJECTED 8H TEMPS...
NRN WI SHOULD REMAIN ALL SNOW WITH A BAND OF MODERATE TO HVY SNOW
OVRNGT. AFTER COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...WL ISSUE A WINTER
STORM WATCH GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF LINE FROM MERRILL TO WAUSAUKEE.
AREAS TO THE SOUTH WL SEE A RAIN/SNOW MIX CHG MORE TO RAIN AS WARMER AIR
ARRIVES OVRNGT. WHILE THUNDER NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY OVR
SRN SECTIONS OF THE FCST AREA...WL KEEP IT OUT AS BEST INSTABILITY
REMAINS TO OUR SOUTH.

SFC LOW TO TRACK NE INTO LWR MI BY MON AFTERNOON...THUS PCPN EXPECTED TO
BE IN A DIMINISHING MODE. ADDL ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED OVR NRN WI AS
THE DEFORMATION ZN MOVS THRU THAT PART OF THE STATE. WINTER STORM WATCH
TO BE IN EFFECT TIL 18Z MON FOR NRN WI WHERE TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE
PSBL. AS THIS STORM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY...WNDS WL BE ON THE INCREASE
WITH BLUSTERY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT NE WI. BELIEVE SNOW WL BE HVY ENUF
(WATER CONTENT) SUCH THAT THE WNDS WL NOT CREATE A SERIOUS BLOWING SNOW
PBLM. DO NOT SEE MUCH OF A DIURNAL RISE IN TEMPS MON DUE TO CLDS...PCPN
AND STG CAA DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS THE COOLER AIR MOVS OVR THE WARMING
WATERS OF LK SUPERIOR ON NW WNDS...WL HAVE TO DEAL WITH LK EFFECT
POTENTIAL FOR NRN WI MON NGT. CAN SEE ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW OVR VILAS
CNTY AND WL RAISE POPS THERE BACK TO LIKELY. NOT MUCH ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED ELSEWHERE WITH COLDER TEMPS THE MAIN STORY.

HEADED INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD...MEAN FLOW PROGGED TO BE MAINLY ZNL
ACROSS THE U.S. WITH ONE SYSTEM TO MOVE ACROSS THE CNTRL PART OF THE
COUNTRY AT MIDWEEK. COOLER WEATHER GETS PULLED INTO THE GREAT LKS BEHIND
THIS SYSTEM WITH MORE POTENTIAL FOR LK EFFECT ACROSS NRN WI FOR THE END
OF NXT WEEK.

INITIAL COOLER AIR WL CONT TO BE PULLED INTO THE RGN ON TUE AND COMBINED
WITH WEAK CYCLONIC FLOW...CANNOT RULE OUT FLURRIES ACROSS MOST OF THE
FCST AREA. EXCEPTION TO BE NRN WI WHERE NW TRAJS WITH 8H TEMPS AROUND
-14C MAY BRING LK EFFECT SNOW SHWRS ACROSS THE MI BORDER. VILAS CNTY THE
MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AND WL RAISE POPS TO 50 PERCENT. HAVE DROPPED MAX TEMPS
A DEG OR TWO BASED ON EXPECTED CLDS AND WEAK CAA. HI PRES PUSHES ACROSS
THE GREAT LKS TUE NGT INTO WED WITH LINGERING SNOW SHWRS OR FLURRIES
PSBL OVR VILAS CNTY UNTIL WNDS BEGIN TO BACK. NXT SYSTEM TO BE ENTERING
THE CNTRL PLAINS BY WED AFTERNOON SO WOULD EXPECT CLDS TO THICKEN LATE
ON WED.

THIS SYSTEM EXPECTED TO MOV ALMOST DUE EAST TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY
BY THU BRINGING A SWATH OF PCPN FROM THE GULF COAST TO THE GREAT LKS.
THERE REMAINS QUESTIONS AS TO THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...THUS WL KEEP A
CHC OF SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE FCST AREA ALTHO SRN SECTIONS WOULD HAVE
THE BETTER CHC. BRIEF SHOT OF COOL AIR ARRIVES BY THU NGT AS HI PRES
BEGINS TO BUILD SWD FROM CANADA. FAVORABLE TRAJS AND COLD 8H TEMPS
(AROUND -15C) MAY BRING ADDL LK EFFECT SNOW SHWRS OR FLURRIES TO VILAS
CNTY ONCE AGAIN...ALTHO INFLUX OF DRIER AIR FROM THE HI PRES APRS TO
MAKE THIS A MINOR EVENT. THE HI PRES SHIFTS SE TOWARD THE ERN GREAT LKS
NXT SAT BRINGING A RETURN FLOW TO NE WI. SOUTHERLY WNDS TO BRING WARMER
AIR TO THE RGN WITH MID 30S TO LWR 40S ANTICIPATED.

&&

.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

WINTER STORM WATCH SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
WIZ005-010>013-018-019-
&&

ECKBERG/KALLAS
WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 4:00 PM CST, 12 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
400 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-122200-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-
MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-
WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
400 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO
THE AREA THIS EVENING. HOWEVER THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY

A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A BAND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN WHERE
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MERRILL TO WAUSAUKEE. FARTHER SOUTH...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED
 AS WARMER AIR IS DRAWN NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE.

PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ARE URGED TO
KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER SITUATION ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER
STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL
REPORTS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

LMZ521-522-541>543-564-122200-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-THE ADJOINING
WISCONSIN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN OUT TO MID-LAKE-
400 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WATERS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN GREEN BAY...AND LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE
TO SHEBOYGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE...BUT COULD BRING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING
STRIKES. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME THIS EVENING...
THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. WAVES SHOULD GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

ECKBERG/KALLAS
WEATHER.GOV/GREENBAY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWinnebago42 min
Mar 12, 4:42 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRBMarathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano35 hr

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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.