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Gale Warning 19, NWS Green Bay, WI

October 29, 2012

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this gale warning at Oct 29, 2012, 3:58 AM CDT. It took effect at Oct 29, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 41 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2012, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 29, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 31, 2012, 12:23 PM CDT
In force
41 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

772 
WHUS73 KGRB 290858
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
358 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...

..GALE FORCES WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND
STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. L

LMZ521-522-541>543-291700-
/O.UPG.KGRB.GL.A.0002.121030T0300Z-121031T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.GL.W.0019.121030T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
358 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KTS TODAY...WITH
  GALES TO 35 TO 40 KTS KTS THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  MORNING. A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KTS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND
  TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WAVES...WAVES WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FT ON THE BAY...TO 10 TO 14
  FT ON LAKE MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
11 follow-up statements
938 
WHUS73 KGRB 290920
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
420 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...

..GALE FORCES WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND
STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. 

LMZ521-522-541>543-291730-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0019.121030T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
420 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
CDT WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KTS TODAY...WITH 
  GALES TO 35 TO 40 KTS KTS THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING. A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KTS POSSIBLE TUESDAY 
  AND TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* WAVES...WAVES WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FT ON THE BAY...TO 10 TO 14 
  FT ON LAKE MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
655 
WHUS73 KGRB 291516
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1016 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...

..GALE FORCES WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND
STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.

LMZ521-522-541>543-292330-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0019.121030T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
1016 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KTS THIS AFTERNOON...
  WITH GALES TO 35 TO 40 KTS KTS THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
  A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KTS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WAVES...WAVES WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FT ON THE BAY...TO 10 TO 14 FT
  ON LAKE MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED.
OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY
EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE
PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
567 
WHUS73 KGRB 292036
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
336 PM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...

.GALE FORCES WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND
STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.

LMZ521-522-541>543-300445-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0019.121030T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
336 PM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
CDT WEDNESDAY...

* NORTH WINDS TO 30 KTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 KTS WILL
  DEVELOP THIS EVENING. NORTH GALES TO 40 KTS ARE EXPECTED ON
  TUESDAY...AND NORTH WINDS TO 30 KTS WITH GALE FORECAST GUSTS TO
  AROUND 45 KTS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW STORM
  FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KTS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...
  ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY.

* WAVES WILL BUILD TO 5 TO 8 FT ON THE BAY...TO 10 TO 14 FT ON
  LAKE MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  MORNING. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL BE TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS OF
  LAKE MICHIGAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
BERSCH
627 
WHUS73 KGRB 300243
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
943 PM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING... 

.GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS EVENING AND LAST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS
DEVELOPED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE
PLAINS AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED
STATES.

LMZ521-522-541>543-301045-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
943 PM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* NORTH WINDS TO 30 KTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 KTS
  TONIGHT. NORTH GALES TO 40 KTS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...AND
  NORTH WINDS TO 30 KTS WITH GALE FORECAST GUSTS TO AROUND 45 KTS
  TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS TO
  50 KTS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY ALONG
  NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY.

* WAVES 5 TO 8 FT ON THE BAY...AND 10 TO 14 FT ON LAKE MICHIGAN
  ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST WAVES
  WILL BE TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
BERSCH
457 
WHUS73 KGRB 300909
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
409 AM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES...BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND STRONG LOW
PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.

LMZ521-522-541>543-301715-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
409 AM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* NORTH GALES TO 40 KTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. A FEW STORM FORCE
  GUSTS TO 50 KTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ALONG
  NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY.

* WAVES 5 TO 8 FT ON THE BAY...AND 10 TO 14 FT ON LAKE MICHIGAN 
  ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST 
  WAVES WILL BE TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
095 
WHUS73 KGRB 301523
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1023 AM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS A
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...BETWEEN
HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH
THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.

LMZ521-522-541>543-302330-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
1023 AM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* NORTH GALES TO 40 KTS WITH A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KTS
  POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY.

* WAVES 5 TO 8 FT ON THE BAY...AND 10 TO 14 FT ON LAKE MICHIGAN.
  THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL BE TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED.
OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY
EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE
PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
937 
WHUS73 KGRB 302043
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
343 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS A
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...
BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE
MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.

LMZ521-522-541>543-310445-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
343 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KTS TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO 45
  KTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY THIS
  EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KTS ARE
  EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.

* WAVES 5 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 6 FT IN THE LATE EVENING ON
  THE BAY...AND 10 TO 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 12 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT
  ON LAKE MICHIGAN. WAVES 3 TO 5 FT ON THE BAY...AND 4 TO 8 FT ON
  LAKE MICHIGAN ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL
  BE TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

* A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED AFTER THE GALE WARNING
  EXPIRES FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LINGERING HIGH WAVES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
BERSCH
947 
WHUS73 KGRB 310226
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
926 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS A
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...
BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE
MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.

LMZ521-522-541>543-311030-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
926 PM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KTS TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO
  AROUND 40 KTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY.
  NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KTS ARE EXPECTED ON
  WEDNESDAY.

* WAVES 4 TO 8 FT ON THE BAY TONIGHT...AND 10 TO 14 FT SUBSIDING
  TO 8 TO 12 FT OVERNIGHT ON LAKE MICHIGAN. WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FT ON
  THE BAY...AND 6 TO 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 8 FT ON LAKE MICHIGAN
  ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL BE TOWARD THE
  OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

* A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED AFTER THE GALE WARNING 
  EXPIRES FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LINGERING HIGH WAVES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
BERSCH
520 
WHUS73 KGRB 310940
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
440 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES THIS MORNING...

.GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING OVER MAINLY LOCATIONS
NEAR NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES...BETWEEN A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER MINNESOTA AND
STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE TODAY.

LMZ522-542-543-311600-
/O.CAN.KGRB.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.SC.Y.0069.121031T0940Z-121101T2100Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
440 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE
GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. GUSTS
  TO 30 KTS WILL LINGER THIS MORNING.

* WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET SOUTHERN BAY OF GREEN BAY. WAVES 5 TO 8 FEET
  ON LAKE MICHIGAN THIS MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET THIS
  AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OVER 20 KNOTS OR
WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

LMZ521-541-311500-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-121031T1500Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
440 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* NORTH WINDS TO 30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 KTS WILL LINGER
  THIS MORNING OVER NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY. LOOK FOR WINDS TO
  GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER TODAY AND TURN TO THE NORTHWEST.

* WAVES SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET CENTRAL BAY OF GREEN BAY. WAVES 6
  TO 10 FT ON LAKE MICHIGAN THIS MORNING SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED AFTER THE GALE WARNING 
  EXPIRES FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LINGERING HIGH WAVES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

TH
329 
WHUS73 KGRB 311437
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
937 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES THIS AFTERNOON...

.GALE FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON OVER LOCATIONS
NEAR NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINED
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...BETWEEN A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER
MINNESOTA AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN
UNITED STATES. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE THIS EVENING.

LMZ521-541-312100-
/O.EXT.KGRB.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-121031T2100Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
937 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2012

...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* NORTH WINDS TO 30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KTS WILL LINGER
  OVER NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR WINDS
  TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND TURN TO THE NORTHWEST.

* WAVES SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET CENTRAL BAY OF GREEN BAY. WAVES 4
  TO 7 FEET ON THE LAKE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES
  TOWARDS OPEN WATERS AND NEAR DEATHS DOOR.

* A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED AFTER THE GALE WARNING 
  EXPIRES FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LINGERING HIGH WAVES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

LMZ522-542-543-312245-
/O.CON.KGRB.SC.Y.0069.000000T0000Z-121101T2100Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
937 AM CDT WED OCT 31 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT
THURSDAY...

* NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. 
 

* WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET SOUTHERN BAY OF GREEN BAY. WAVES SUBSIDING TO
  3 TO 5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON ON SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OVER 20 KNOTS OR
WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
703 
WHUS73 KGRB 311723
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1223 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2012

...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON... 

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON
AS TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
REGION. WINDS 15 TO 25 KTS AND ROUGH WAVES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS
THAT ARE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFTS.

LMZ521-541-010130-
/O.CAN.KGRB.GL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-121031T2100Z/
/O.EXA.KGRB.SC.Y.0069.000000T0000Z-121101T2100Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
1223 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE
GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY.

* WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET BAY OF GREEN BAY. WAVES WILL BE 4 TO 7 FEET
  THIS AFTERNOON ON THE LAKE...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OVER 20 KNOTS OR
WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

LMZ522-542-543-010130-
/O.CON.KGRB.SC.Y.0069.000000T0000Z-121101T2100Z/
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
1223 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT
THURSDAY...

* NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY.

* WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET BAY OF GREEN BAY ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
  WAVES WILL BE 4 TO 7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON ON THE LAKE...SUBSIDING
  TO 3 TO 5 FT TONIGHT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OVER 20 KNOTS OR
WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Oct 29, 3:46 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 3:46 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
346 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2012

.SYNOPSIS...WINDY...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN...AS POST-
TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY TRACKS THROUGH THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.

BLOCKING PATTERN WL DOMINATE ERN NOAM EARLY...WITH POST-TROPICAL
CYCLONE SANDY TRACKING ACRS THE ERN CONUS. THE PATTERN WL BEGIN TO
LOSE AMPLITUDE AND START TO TREND BACK TOWARD A MORE PROGRESSIVE
ZONAL REGIME BY LATE IN THE WEEK.

CHILLY CANADIAN AIR WL REMAIN ACRS THE AREA EARLY IN THE PERIOD...
KEEPING TEMPS A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL. TEMPS SHOULD MODERATE BACK TO
A LITTLE ABV NORMAL BY NEXT WEEKEND. THE PATTERN IS
UNFAVORABLE FOR SIG WIDESPREAD PCPN.
&&

.SHORT TERM...TDA/TNGT/TUE. FCST AREA WAS DOMINATED BY RIDGE
EXTENDING SWD FM ANTICYCLONE CENTERED OVER HUDSON BAY. BUT THE
IMPACTS OF SANDY WL BEGIN TDA IN THE FORM OF INCRG NLY WINDS AND
HIGH CLDS GRADUALLY INCR FM E-W. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN
PCPN SHIELD FM SANDY STEADILY MARCHING WWD ACRS THE ERN CONUS...
AND GETTING CLOSE TO FAR ERN WI BY LATE TUE. SO...WL CARRY CHC
POPS OVER DOOR COUNTY FOR THE LATE AFTN.

THE MAIN ISSUE IS WIND. NLY WINDS WL STEADILY INCR TDA...TNGT...
AND TUE. WINDS WL EASILY MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE DOOR
PENINSULA WHERE DEEPENING OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER DUE TO WARMING BY
THE BAY WL ALLOW STRONGER WINDS ALOFT TO MIX DOWN. GIVEN HIGH
CONFIDENCE IN GETTING ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS AND THE FACT THAT WE
WL BE POSTING GALE WARNINGS FOR ADJACENT MARINE AREAS...WL ISSUE
A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE DOOR WITH THE MORNING PACKAGE. COULD
FLIRT WITH SOME HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA GUSTS ACRS THE NRN PART
OF THE PENINSULA.

SOMEWHAT MORE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS CONCERNING THE WIND FORCAST FOR
THE REST OF THE LAKESHORE AND THE FOX VALLEY. THESE AREAS MAY END
UP NEEDING AN ADVISORY AS WELL...BUT SINCE THAT WOULD STILL BE IN
THE THIRD FCST PERIOD AND THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT
MEETING CRITERIA...WL FOREGO ISSUING ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA NOW.
DAY SHIFT CAN MAKE THE FINAL CALL AFTER THE BENEFIT OF REVIEWING
LATER DATA.

.LONG TERM...TUE NGT THRU NEXT SUNDAY. NE WI TO STILL BE FEELING
THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE 'SANDY' THRU WED
WITH BLUSTERY N-NW WINDS. BEYOND WED...LONG RANGE TO BE HIGHLIGHTED
BY AN UPR-LEVEL TROF/DOWNSTREAM UPR RDG COUPLET MOVING ACROSS THE
CONUS. THE MAIN FCST ISSUE IS EXACTLY HOW FAST THIS TROF/RDG WL
TRANSITION EWD AS MODELS DIFFER ON THIS ACCOUNT. TEMPS SHOULD WARM
A BIT LATER THIS WEEK AS THE UPR RDG BUILDS ACROSS THE MIDWEST
WITH PCPN AMOUNTS RUNNING BLO NORMAL.

AS THE REMNANTS OF 'SANDY' CONT TO WOBBLE ACROSS PA TUE NGT...THE
WRN FRINGE OF THE PCPN SHIELD WL CONT TO TEASE ERN WI. THE GFS/UKMET
BELIEVE THAT ENUF ATLANTIC MOISTURE CAN GET SHOVED WEST TO BRING A
SMALL POP TO ERN WI WITH PCPN TYPE AN ISSUE AS TEMPS FALL TO THE
FREEZING MARK. THE NAM/GEM/ECMWF SOLUTIONS FAVOR ENUF DRY AIR TO
REMAIN IN PLACE TO KEEP ERN WI PCPN-FREE. IT APPEARS THAT THERE WL
BE SUFFICIENT SUBSIDENCE ON THE WRN EDGE OF THIS STORM TO ONLY BRING
A MINIMAL CHC OF PCPN TO THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES AND KEEP LOCATIONS
FARTHER INLAND DRY. OTHER ISSUES TUE NGT INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF
CLOUDS ROTATING WWD WITH IMPACT ON MIN TEMPS AND PERSISTENT WINDY
CONDITIONS. PREFER TO TIER SKY CONDITIONS FROM MOSTLY CLEAR OVER
CNTRL WI TO MOSTLY CLDY NEAR LK MI AND HAVE TWEAKED TEMPS DOWN
WHERE LESS CLOUD COVER ANTICIPATED.

AS AN UPR RDG AXIS OVER ERN CANADA WEAKENS ON WED...THIS WOULD
ALLOW THE REMAINS OF 'SANDY' TO LIFT N-NE TOWARD ERN SECTIONS OF
LAKE ONTARIO. THE PROXIMITY OF THE STORM TO NE WI IS NOT EXPECTED
TO CHANGE MUCH THRU WED...THUS THE WRN EDGE OF PCPN WL CONT TO
LINGER OVER LK MI. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SHWRS BRUSHING THE
LAKESHORE COUNTIES ONCE AGAIN...BUT ANY PCPN THAT DOES FALL WL BE
LIGHT AND WIDELY SCT. MEANWHILE...CNTRL WI WL SEE A GOOD DEAL OF
SUNSHINE WITH WINDS NOT QUITE AS GUSTY COMPARED TO TUE. MAX TEMPS
TO REMAIN SLIGHTLY BLO NORMAL WITH READINGS IN THE LWR TO MID 40S
NORTH...MID TO UPR 40S ELSEWHERE.

SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER ERN WI WED NGT AS THE
STORM SLOWLY TRACKS NE TOWARD SE ONTARIO OR SW QUEBEC. WE WL STILL
HAVE A BIT MORE CLOUDS NORTH (LAKE CLOUDS FROM SUPERIOR) AND EAST
THRU THE NGT...BUT GENERALLY PARTLY CLDY SKIES ANTICIPATED WITH
MIN TEMPS MAINLY IN THE UPR 20S TO LWR 30S. A RDG OF HI PRES AT
THE SFC IS FCST TO EXTEND FROM MANITOBA SWD THRU THE UPR MS VALLEY
TO THE SRN PLAINS ON THU WITH MORE DRY AIR BEING ADVECTED INTO WI.
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES SHOULD PREVAIL OVER THE REGION WITIH MAX TEMPS
WARMING A FEW DEGS INTO THE MID TO UPR 40S.

A MORE PROGRESSIVE NATURE TO THE MEAN FLOW TO DEVELOP BY FRI AS AN
UPR-LEVEL TROF MOVES INTO THE ROCKIES AND A DOWNSTREAM UPR RDG
PUSHES ACROSS THE CNTRL CONUS. THE SFC RDG AXIS TO BE OVER THE WRN
GREAT LKS...THEREBY PROVIDING FOR ANOTHER DRY DAY FOR THE FCST
AREA. SLIGHT WARMING AT 8H MAY TACK A DEG OR TWO TO THE MAX TEMPS
WHICH WOULD BRING SOME READINGS TO THE 50 DEG MARK OVER CNTRL WI.

FCST BECOMES A LITTLE MORE UNCERTAIN NEXT WEEKEND AS THE MDLS
BEGIN TO DIFFER ON HOW FAR EAST TO BRING THE UPR TROF AND WHETHER
THE UPR RDG WL MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH OR BEGIN TO WEAKEN WITH TIME.
A MORE PROGRESSIVE SOLUTION WOULD BRING THE UPR RDG INTO THE WRN
GREAT LKS ON SAT AND AS WINDS TURN SOUTH BEHIND THE RDG ON SUNDAY...
AN INCREASING CHC FOR WAA/SHORTWAVE-INDUCED PCPN TO OCCUR. A SLOWER
SOLUTION WHERE THE UPR TROF DIGS A BIT MORE WOULD KEEP HI PRES AT
THE SFC IN CHARGE THRU SUNDAY WITH NO PCPN. DUE TO THE FACT THAT
WE ARE COMING OUT OF A BLOCKED PATTERN...WOULD TEND TO FAVOR A
SLOWER SOLUTION. HAVE TRENDED TOWARD A CLOUDIER DAY FOR SUNDAY...
BUT KEEP THE MENTION OF SHWRS OUT OF THE FCST FOR NOW. TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT NORMAL NEXT WEEKEND.
&&

.AVIATION...FOR THE 12Z TAF ISSUANCE. VFR CONDITONS EXPECTED...
THOUGH INCRG WINDS COULD IMPACT GENERAL AVIATION LATE TNGT THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
&&

.MARINE...WL UPGRADE THE GALE WATCH TO A WARNING...AND RUN IT FROM
00Z TUE TO 15Z WED. WINDS WL REACH CRITERIA IN THE WATERS NEAR THE
NORTHERN DOOR PENINSULA FIRST...WITH GALES SPREADING SWD DURING
THE EARLY EVENING. SINCE WIND INCREASE TDA IS BASICALLY THE RUN-UP
TO THE MAJOR GALE EVENT...WL FOREGO HAVING SHORT-TERM SC.Y PRIOR
TO THE GALE. COULD SEE A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS IN THE VICINITY OF
THE NORTHERN DOOR PENINSULA TUE/TUE NGT. EVEN IF THEY OCCUR...
COVERAGE/FREQUENCY DOES NOT SEEM TO JUSTIFY STORM WARNING...SO WL
COVER BY SIMPLY HAVING/MENTIONING THE GUSTS IN THE  GRIDS/TEXT
PRODUCTS.
&&

.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR
WIZ022.

&&

SKOWRONSKI/KALLAS
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 2:54 PM CDT, 13 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
254 PM CDT SUN OCT 28 2012

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-292000-
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-
254 PM CDT SUN OCT 28 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

RELATIVELY STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR EASTERN
WISCONSIN...AND ESPECIALLY THE DOOR PENINSULA...BEGINNING MONDAY
NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR DOOR COUNTY IS
LIKELY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

LMZ521-522-541>543-292000-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
254 PM CDT SUN OCT 28 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS POST-TROPICAL STORM SANDY MOVES THROUGH THE EASTERN
UNITED STATES. A GALE WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE
MICHIGAN BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT.

The office that day

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

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