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Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Marquette, MI

January 30, 20088 counties in Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 30, 2008, 11:13 AM EST for 8 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 30, 2008, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2008, 11:13 AM EST (16:13 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 30, 2008, 4:09 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Baraga County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 12:00Z on 2008-01-30Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2008-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Jan 30, 6:50 AM EST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 6:50 AM EST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 5:59 AM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
559 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-311200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
559 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 /459 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON THE KEWEENAW AND ALONG LAKE
SUPERIOR EAST OF MARQUETTE UNTIL LATE TODAY. ELSEWHERE...STRONG
WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES
TODAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL AFFECT
THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND AREAS ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF MARQUETTE
TONIGHT.

SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL...VISIBILITIES
AND TEMPERATURE REPORTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-311200-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND
PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI-
BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI-
ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI-
UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI-
EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI-
MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI-
POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI-
LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING
KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI-
MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI-
GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE
CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE
ROYALE NATIONAL PARK-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU
ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI
BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE-
LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER
BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF
SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
559 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008 /459 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NORTHWEST STORM FORCE WINDS THIS MORNING OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF LAKE
SUPERIOR WILL DIMINISH TO GALE FORCE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEST TO
NORTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT THE REMAINING AREAS OF LAKE
SUPERIOR THROUGH THIS EVENING.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

PLAN ON HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY ACROSS ALL OF LAKE SUPERIOR THURSDAY
MORNING. SEE THE LATEST LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ221-248-250-311200-
GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI-
5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-
559 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE
LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY AND NORTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS OVER
LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY. SEE THE LATEST NEARSHORE FORECAST FOR COMPLETE
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY OVER LAKE MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

JLA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 30, 5:35 AM EST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 30, 10:44 AM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1044 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     SNOW             6 ENE GARDEN            45.81N 86.44W
01/30/2008  E5.0 INCH        SCHOOLCRAFT        MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            INCHES IN 24 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH OF 11 INCHES.

1000 AM     SNOW             1 S ONTONAGON           46.85N 89.31W
01/30/2008  E7.2 INCH        ONTONAGON          MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            IN 24 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH OF 13 INCHES.

0800 AM     SNOW             MARQUETTE               46.55N 87.40W
01/30/2008  E4.6 INCH        MARQUETTE          MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            IN 24 HOURS.

&&

TGREEN
Local storm report, Jan 30, 10:45 AM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1045 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 AM     SNOW             3 E NEGAUNEE            46.50N 87.53W
01/30/2008  E6.1 INCH        MARQUETTE          MI   NWS EMPLOYEE

            IN 24 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH OF 18 INCHES.

&&

TGREEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 4:58 AM ESTLake Effect Snow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryMQTAlger, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft30 hr
Jan 30, 4:09 PM ESTWind Chill WarningMQTBaraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette and 2 more12 hr
Jan 30, 4:09 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryMQTAlger, Delta, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce, Schoolcraft12 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Michigan, 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.