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Frost Advisory 9, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this frost advisory at Sep 30, 2011, 2:36 PM CDT for 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 1, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2011, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Marathon County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
783 WWUS73 KGRB 301936 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 236 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...WIDESPREAD FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT... .WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ020-030-031-035>037-045-010345- /O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0009.111001T0600Z-111001T1300Z/ MENOMINEE-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 236 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURE WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S OVERNIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS OR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE3E PLANTS SHOULD BE TAKEN INDOORS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE FROST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ ECKBERG
2 follow-up statements
938 WWUS73 KGRB 010127 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 827 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...WIDESPREAD FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT... .WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ020-030-031-035>037-045-010930- /O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0009.111001T0600Z-111001T1300Z/ MENOMINEE-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 827 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURE WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S OVERNIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS OR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE3E PLANTS SHOULD BE TAKEN INDOORS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE FROST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
716 WWUS73 KGRB 010850 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 350 AM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...FROST THIS MORNING... WIZ020-030-031-035>037-045-011300- /O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111001T1300Z/ MENOMINEE-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 350 AM CDT SAT OCT 1 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...LEADING TO WIDESPREAD FROST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 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 30, 1:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 1:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 108 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR NEW TAF ISSUANCE .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 523 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011... SHORT TERM... FORECAST CONCERNS THIS PERIOD MAINLY ON HEADLINES IN EFFECT AND WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE SYSTEM NOW OFF TO EAST...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING FAIRLY RAPIDLY AS MAX PRESSURE RISE NOW EAST OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. VAD PROFILER SHOWING WINDS IN THE LOWEST 2K FEET HAVE DROPPED TO 40 KTS OR LESS. SHOWERS HAVE ALSO EXITED TO THE EAST...THOUGH SECONDARY WAVE DROPPING THROUGH LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BRING A SMALL CHANCE TO PARTS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN LAKE EFFECT AREAS. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THIS WAVE TO BRING A CLEARING/DRYING TREND FOR THE AFTERNOON. TO AVOID CONFUSION HAVE CONTINUED HIGH WIND ADVISORY FOR DOOR COUNTY WITH THOUGHTS THAT WINDS WILL BE BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA FAIRLY QUICKLY. CALLS TO COUNTY AROUND 330AM INDICATED WINDS ALONG THE BAY DOWN FROM HEIGHT OF SYSTEM...BUT STILL RATHER STRONG. TEMPERATURES IN QUESTION TONIGHT. GRADIENT IN THE EAST EXPECTED TO KEEP TEMPS FROM FALLING INTO FROST REGION...THOUGH QUESTION IS CENTRAL. 925 WINDS STILL IN THE 10 TO 20 KT RANGE OVER CENTRAL STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE QUESTIONS REGARDING FROST FORMATION. WILL LET NEXT SHIFT LOOK AT IT ONCE MORE TO SEE IF HEADLINE NEEDED. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FOR SATURDAY WITH DRY...BUT COOL DAY EXPECTED. DID NOT MAKE AND SIG CHANGE TO TEMPS. LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE LATEST GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN INDICATES A QUIET PERIOD SHAPING UP FOR THIS PERIOD OF THE FORECAST...WITH A CORE OF POSITIVE MID-LEVEL HEIGHT ANOMALIES CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CENTRAL CANADA. MEDIUM RANGE OPERATIONAL MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS PATTERN THROUGH 00Z MONDAY BEFORE DIFFERENCES IN THE LARGE-SCALE FEATURES DEVELOP...WITH A WEAK FRONT DROPPING INTO THE REGION IN PARTICULAR. WILL FOLLOW A BLEND OF THE ECMWF AND GFS FOR THIS FORECAST TO MITIGATE THESE DIFFERENCES. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE INITIALLY CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL SLIDE SOUTH TO THE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...PATCHY FROST REMAINS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO GO BELOW GUIDANCE FOR LOWS. AS THE HIGH SLIDES TO THE SOUTH...STRENGTHENING RETURN FLOW WILL PUSH WARMER LOW LEVEL AIR INTO THE REGION. TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S ON SUNDAY. REST OF THE FORECAST...HIGH PRESSURE HANGS ON FOR MONDAY WITH A DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WEAK FRONT DROPPING INTO THE FORECAST ON IN THE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY TIMEFRAME. WITH THE GULF OF MEXICO CUTOFF...NO REAL MOISTURE SOURCE FOR THE FRONT TO WORK WITH. SO JUST WILL JUST PLACE PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS IN THE FORECAST ALONG THE FRONT...BUT TEMPS WILL REMAIN MILD IN THE 60S AND 70S. && .AVIATION...COOL AIR FLOWING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR SUPPLIED MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING. THE SCATTERED SHOWERS BROUGHT SOME PATCHY MVFR CIGS IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WITH SOME PATCHY IFR CIGS ACROSS THE NORTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL WANE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY SOME ISOLATED EVENING SHOWERS OVER THE EAST. SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS CENTRAL AND MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO MVFR CIGS WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW TURNING TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WHERE 850/925MB WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE BAY OF GREEN BAY. WITH 850MB TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO -2C TO -4C...THINK SOME INSTABILITY SHOWERS OVER THE BAY OF GREEN BAY WILL DEVELOP AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. CIGS AT KGRB...KATW...KSUE...KMTW COULD DROP INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALSO...SOME PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT AS RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. ECKBERG && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 5:47 AM CDT, 8 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 547 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-011100- 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- 547 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING OVER FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE THE HIGH WIND WARNING CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MORE DETAILS. AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED IN MANY SPOTS ACROSS CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PATCHY TO AREAS OF FROST MAY DEVELOP AGAIN OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT PEAK WIND GUSTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. LMZ521-522-541>543-011100- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 547 AM CDT FRI SEP 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE THE GALE WARNING CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TE/MPC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 4:22 AM CDT | Gale Warning | GRB | 12 hr | |
| Sep 30, 4:05 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 22 hr |
Nearby
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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.