Snow Advisory 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
940 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

.DISCUSSION...STRATUS SPREADING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN LATE THIS EVENING.  HIGHER DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 20S TO
AROUND 30 ACCOMPANYING THE STATUS ALONG WITH LIGHT FOG.  WEAKNESS IN
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALLOWS BAGGINESS AND LIGHTER BOUNDARY
LAYER WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS LATE
TONIGHT.  HOWEVER AT THIS POINT...COUNTING ON INCREASING ST FIELD TO
COUNTER WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG THREAT.  BACK EDGE OF STRATUS NOT
MAKING MUCH EASTWARD PROGRESS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MN.

BAGGINESS AND LOWER BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN MONDAY MORNING.  WOULD EXPECT WIDESPREAD FOG OVER THICK
SNOWFIELD ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TO PERSIST UNTIL PRECIPITATION
BEGINS LATER MONDAY.

00Z NAM CONTINUES TO TREND FARTHER SOUTH WITH HEAVY SNOW BAND.  WILL
NEED TO SEE IF GFS AGREES...HOWEVER CAN STILL EXPECT WARNING
CRITERIA TO BE MET DUE TO BLOWING SNOW THREAT LATER MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUE. WL LET MIDNIGHT SHIFT MAKE FINAL DECISION.

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.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING      FOR WIZ062-063-067>069.
     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
     MORNING FOR WIZ064>066-070>072.

LM...GALE WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
     LMZ643>646.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
525 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-251200-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
525 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE.

AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN LATER MONDAY
MORNING BUT THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE MADISON
AND MILWAUKEE AREAS SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. BETWEEN TWO AND
FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE.

ALSO...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY.

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MONDAY.
AN AIR QUALITY WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT SNOW AND ICE
ACCUMULATION REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.

LMZ643>646-251200-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
525 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT.  THE VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO
LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.  A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

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