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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this frost advisory at Sep 6, 2011, 2:15 PM CDT for 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 7, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2011, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
270 WWUS73 KGRB 061915 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 215 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH AGAIN TONIGHT... .A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL BRING ANOTHER NIGHT OF MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO QUICKLY DROP UNDER THE COOL AND DRY AIR MASS WITH READINGS RANGING FROM 35 TO 40 ACROSS THE NORTH BY DAYBREAK. WIZ005-010>013-018-019-021-070315- /O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0005.110907T0600Z-110907T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- NORTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 215 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 35 TO 40 DEGREE RANGE WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO FORM OVERNIGHT. * THIS CHILLY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE SHORT-LIVED WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS ON THURSDAY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS WILL BE KILLED OR STRESSED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ AK
2 follow-up statements
036 WWUS73 KGRB 070239 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 939 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH AGAIN TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL BRING ANOTHER NIGHT OF CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN. WHILE IT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS COLD AS LAST NIGHT...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S SHOULD RESULT IN FROST IN SOME AREAS. WIZ005-010>013-018-019-021-071045- /O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0005.110907T0600Z-110907T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- NORTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 939 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 35 TO 40 DEGREE RANGE WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO FORM OVERNIGHT. * SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE KILLED OR STRESSED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
445 WWUS73 KGRB 070858 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 358 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...AREAS OF FROST OVER NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING... .LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S EARLY THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF FROST. WIZ005-010>013-018-019-021-071145- /O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110907T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- NORTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 358 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 33 TO 38 DEGREE RANGE WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO FORM EARLY THIS MORNING. * SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE KILLED OR STRESSED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost 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 frost advisory went out at Sep 6, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1229 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011 .UPDATE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TODAY THROUGH THE UPCOMING EVENING HOURS. PATCHY FOG IS FCST TO DVLP ESPECIALLY NEAR RIVER VALLEYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS AFT MIDNGT. WHILE MOST SITES TO SEE VFR-MVFR VSBYS TNGT...THE RHI TAF SITE TO BE MOST VULNERABLE TO PERSISTENT MVFR VSBYS WITH PERIODS OF LIFR VSBYS. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO LIFT BY 13Z WITH VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THRU THE REST OF WED. AK && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 234 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011... SHORT TERM...TODAY/TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN SETTLE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE GRADUALLY SETTLES IN FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. OVERALL A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN WITH COOL TEMPERATURES. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL DEAL WITH CLOUD TRENDS. PLENTY OF STRATO CU DEVELOPED MONDAY IN THE COOL AIR MASS AND THE CU RULE SUGGESTS MORE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT OVER AT LEAST NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY. GLANCE AT MONDAY/S SATELLITE VISIBLE IMAGERY SHOWED PLENTY OF STRATO CU OVER MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN WHICH LINGERING INTO MONDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION 5000 K LEVEL CLOUDS WERE ON THE INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING OVER FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOWED A VORT SPINNING OVER LAKE SUPERIOR AND UPPER MICHIGAN THIS MORNING...ONLY HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE AT THIS TIME BUT MAY BE PROVIDING SOME WEAK LIFT FOR CLOUD DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS CLOUD DEVELOPMENT OVER OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...DELTA T/S NEAR 15 AND NORTHEAST FETCH WERE AIDING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE CLOUDS DRIFTING INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING ROUGHLY FROM MTW ON SOUTH. AFTER ANOTHER CLEAR COOL NIGHT...REMNANTS OF LEE WORK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND PERHAPS MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MAY APPROACH EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINUED LAKE CLOUD POTENTIAL. POINTS TO THE NORTHWEST SHOULD SEE A BIT MORE SUNSHINE WEDNESDAY. TEMPS AT 08Z ALREADY WELL INTO THE 30S OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SO GOING FROST ADVISORY VERIFYING VERY WELL. WILL LET THE FROST ADVISORY RUN ITS COURSE THIS MORNING. H8 TEMPS PROGGED TO BE WARMER TONIGHT SO FROST DEPTH LESS OF A THREAT. WILL LEAVE FOR THE DAY CREW TO ADD ISOLD MENTION IF WARRANTED. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. UPPER LOW (REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE) OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTH AND THEN RETROGRADE TO THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE SHIFTING FURTHER SOUTH LATER FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. TRANQUIL WEATHER EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE WEATHER PATTERN. WEAK DISTURBANCE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY WHICH WILL BRING ANOTHER SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF THE DAY. LITTLE CHANGES MADE TO THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST...WITH SOME SLIGHT DOWNWARD TREND ON MOST DAYS FOR MINIMUM TEMPERATURES DUE TO CANADIAN HIGH DOMINATING THE WEATHER PATTERN ON MOST DAYS. SOME MOISTURE RETURNS ON MONDAY AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. AVIATION...AREAS OF MVFR VSBYS DUE TO FOG CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 14Z THIS AM...WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF LIFR VSBYS AND CIGS DUE TO FOG OVER NC WISCONSIN THROUGH 13Z. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING. LATER THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY SCT040 EXPECTED WITH LOCAL BKN040 FOR FEW HOURS. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 2:28 AM CDT, 11 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 228 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-071100- 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- 228 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LMZ521-522-541>543-071100- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 228 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. TH/RE
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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.