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Winter Weather Advisory 13, NWS Green Bay, WI

November 8, 201116 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter weather advisory at Nov 8, 2011, 3:31 PM CST for 16 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Nov 9, 2011, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 8, 2011, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 9, 2011, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 9, 2011, 6:08 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Lincoln 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2011-11-08Temperature 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 2011-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 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 winter weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Nov 8, 2:53 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 2:53 PM CST, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 8, 2:43 PM CST, 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
243 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-092045-
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-
243 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT. A SLUSHY ACCUMULATION COULD MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL...NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OR MORE COULD MAKE ROAD AND
AIR TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN IS EXPECTED IN
THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE COUNTIES. A SLUSHY ACCUMULATION ON
ROADS COULD MAKE TRAVEL IN THE FOX VALLEY DIFFICULT BY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LMZ521-522-541>543-092045-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
243 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW WIND GUSTS FROM THE NORTHEAST COULD APPROACH GALE FORCE
LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

GALE FORCE GUSTS FROM THE NORTHEAST ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY...AND
GALE FORCE GUSTS FROM THE WEST ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 3:31 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningGRBFlorence, Forest, Langlade, Marathon, Marinette, Menominee and 7 more27 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Wisconsin, 2011Every winter weather advisory in 2011

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.