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Wind Chill Advisory 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

December 14, 200822 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 14, 2008, 4:07 AM CST for 22 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 15, 2008, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 14, 2008, 4:07 AM CST (10:07 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 15, 2008, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 16, 2008, 5:54 AM CST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
All 22 counties

Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 384 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2008-12-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2008-12-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Dec 13, 3:45 PM CST, 12 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 3:45 PM CST, 12 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 4:14 PM CST, 11 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
414 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-142215-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
414 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF
SNOW AND ICE WILL BE IN THE FAR NORTH CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.
ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN
NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT SLICK ROADS
AND SIDEWALKS IN THOSE AREAS.

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY
EVENING...RESULTING IN GUSTY WEST WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES. WET ROADS WILL FREEZE QUICKLY ON SUNDAY EVENING...
RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE STRONG WINDS AND
FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY COLD WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY...WITH
SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO ACCURATELY
DETERMINE THE TRACK OR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.

LMZ521-522-541>543-142215-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
414 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE
MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL
CRAFT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

GALES ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY AS A WINTER STORM
MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

JKL/TSK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 4:32 AM CSTGale WarningGRB35 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Wisconsin, 2008Every wind chill advisory in 2008

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.