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Small Craft Advisory 65, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 17, 2012

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this small craft advisory at Sep 17, 2012, 3:46 AM CDT. It took effect at Sep 17, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 17, 2012, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 17, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 18, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

The text

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

379 
WHUS73 KMKX 170846
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
346 AM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN LATE THIS MORNING
AND AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL FLOW OVER THE
WARMER WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND WILL CREATE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
OVER THE LAKE. ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...THESE
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
DEVELOPING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 20 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH THE
STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED TONIGHT. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE
WAVE HEIGHTS TO INCREASE TO 3 TO 5 FEET TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MID-AFTERNOON TODAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. 

LMZ643>646-171700-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.120917T2100Z-120919T0000Z/
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
346 AM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 20 KNOTS WILL
  TURN TO THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15
  TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
  GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON TUESDAY. 

* WAVES: 1 TO 3 FOOT WAVES WILL INCREASE TO 3 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT
  AND TUESDAY. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL BE LOCATED TOWARD THE OPEN
  WATERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

MBK
8 follow-up statements
645 
WHUS73 KMKX 171438
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
938 AM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY
EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN THIS
AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL FLOW OVER THE WARMER
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...AND WILL CREATE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
OVER THE LAKE. ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...THESE
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 15 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH THE
STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED TONIGHT. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE
WAVE HEIGHTS TO INCREASE TO 3 TO 5 FEET TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT. 

LMZ643>646-172245-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.120917T2100Z-120919T0000Z/
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
938 AM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: VEERING NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING TO
  15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
  LINGER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY EARLY
  TUESDAY EVENING.

* WAVES: INCREASING TO 3 TO 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE
  HIGHEST WAVES WILL BE LOCATED TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$
WOOD
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
907 
WHUS73 KMKX 172057
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
357 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES INTO EARLY TUESDAY
EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL FLOW OVER THE WARMER
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...AND WILL CREATE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
OVER THE LAKE. ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...THESE
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY.

WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 15 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH THE
STRONGEST GUSTS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THESE GUSTY WINDS
WILL CAUSE WAVE HEIGHTS TO INCREASE TO 3 TO 5 FEET TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY...MAINLY TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS.

LMZ643>646-180500-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.120917T2100Z-120919T0000Z/
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
357 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: VEERING NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING TO
  15 TO 25 KNOTS  THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LINGER TONIGHT INTO
  TUESDAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WAVES: INCREASING TO 3 TO 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE 
  HIGHEST WAVES WILL BE LOCATED TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$
WOOD
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
422 
WHUS73 KMKX 180240
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
940 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES INTO EARLY
TUESDAY EVENING...

.COLDER AIR BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN WILL
FLOW OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...AND WILL CREATE
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE LAKE. ALONG WITH A TIGHTENING
PRESSURE GRADIENT...THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

LMZ643>646-181045-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0000Z/
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
940 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
  LINGER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY EARLY
  TUESDAY EVENING.

* WAVES: 3 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL
  BE LOCATED TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$
HENTZ

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
010 
WHUS73 KMKX 180850
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
350 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES TODAY AND EARLY EVENING...

.BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL PREVAIL TODAY AND
LINGER INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. THE BRISK WINDS ARE
OCCURRING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND AIDED BY UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. HIGH PRESSURE...LIGHT WINDS AND
SUBSIDING WAVES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT. 

LMZ644>646-181700-
/O.EXT.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0300Z/
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
350 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS TODAY BUT DIMINISHING
  THIS EVENING. 

* WAVES: 4 TO 7 FEET TODAY AND EARLY EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO 1
  TO 2 FEET DURING THE OVERNIGHT. HIGHER WAVES TOWARD OPEN WATER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$

LMZ643-181700-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0000Z/
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
350 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING
  TOWARD EVENING. 

* WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...SUBSIDING TONIGHT. HIGHER WAVES TOWARD OPEN WATER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$


WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
663 
WHUS73 KMKX 181432
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
932 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES TODAY AND EARLY EVENING...

.BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL PREVAIL TODAY AND
LINGER INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING. THE BRISK WINDS ARE
OCCURRING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND AIDED BY
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. HIGH PRESSURE...LIGHT
WINDS AND SUBSIDING WAVES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING AND THE
OVERNIGHT.

LMZ643-182245-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0000Z/
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
932 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS...GRADUALLY 
  DIMINISHING TOWARD EVENING. 

* WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...SUBSIDING TONIGHT. HIGHER WAVES TOWARD 
  OPEN WATER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$

LMZ644>646-182245-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0300Z/
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
932 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS TODAY BUT DIMINISHING 
  THIS EVENING. 

* WAVES: 4 TO 7 FEET TODAY AND EARLY EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO 
  1 TO 2 FEET DURING THE OVERNIGHT. HIGHER WAVES TOWARD OPEN 
  WATER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$


WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
077 
WHUS73 KMKX 182055
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
355 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES THROUGH EARLY EVENING AND
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ON WEDNESDAY...

.BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE SHORE
THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES TO THE
EAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN OVERNIGHT...BRINGING LIGHT WINDS.
STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN LATE TOMORROW MORNING AND EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES. GALE FORCE
GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS ARE LIKELY SOUTH OF NORTH POINT LIGHT.
HOWEVER... SHEBOYGAN TO NORTH POINT LIGHT MAY ALSO SEE A FEW GUSTS
UP TO GALE FORCE.

LMZ645-646-190500-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.GL.W.0013.120919T1700Z-120920T0500Z/
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
355 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
  10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS
  WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: 3 TO 6 FEET...SUBSIDING TO AROUND 1 FOOT OVERNIGHT...THEN
  BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. 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.

&&

$$

LMZ644-190500-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0066.120919T1500Z-120920T0500Z/
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
355 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
  10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...SUBSIDING TO AROUND 1 FOOT OVERNIGHT...THEN
  BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$

LMZ643-190500-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0066.120919T1500Z-120920T0500Z/
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
355 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
  10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...SUBSIDING TO AROUND 1 FOOT OVERNIGHT...THEN
  BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$


WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
867 
WHUS73 KMKX 182357
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
657 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES DIMINISHING THIS EVENING
THEN STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ON WEDNESDAY...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE MOVES TO THE EAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY MOVE IN
OVERNIGHT...BRINGING LIGHT WINDS. STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN LATE
TOMORROW MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER TROUGH OF
LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES. GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS ARE LIKELY
SOUTH OF NORTH POINT LIGHT. HOWEVER... SHEBOYGAN TO NORTH POINT
LIGHT MAY ALSO SEE A FEW GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE.

LMZ643-190800-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0066.120919T1500Z-120920T0500Z/
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
657 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FEET OVERNIGHT...THEN
  BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$

LMZ645-646-190800-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0013.120919T1700Z-120920T0500Z/
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
657 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
  10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS
  WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET OVERNIGHT... THEN
  BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. 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.

&&

$$

LMZ644-190800-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0066.120919T1500Z-120920T0500Z/
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
657 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS
  AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET OVERNIGHT... THEN
  BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$
HENTZ

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127 
WHUS73 KMKX 190301
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1001 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES DIMINISHING TONIGHT THEN STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS ON WEDNESDAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY MOVE IN OVERNIGHT...BRINGING LIGHT
WINDS. STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN LATE TOMORROW MORNING AND EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES. GALE
FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS ARE LIKELY SOUTH OF NORTH POINT LIGHT.
HOWEVER... SHEBOYGAN TO NORTH POINT LIGHT MAY ALSO SEE A FEW GUSTS
UP TO GALE FORCE.

LMZ645-646-191115-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0013.120919T1700Z-120920T0500Z/
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
1001 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A
GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO
  35 KNOTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET OVERNIGHT...THEN
  BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURING. 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.

&&

$$

LMZ644-191115-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SC.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-120919T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0066.120919T1500Z-120920T0500Z/
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
1001 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS: NORTHWEST DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET OVERNIGHT...THEN
  BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$

LMZ643-191115-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0066.120919T1500Z-120920T0500Z/
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
1001 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 KNOTS WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

* WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FEET OVERNIGHT...THEN 
  BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/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.

&&

$$
HENTZ

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Sep 17, 3:34 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 3:34 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
334 AM CDT MON SEP 17 2012

.SHORT TERM...

TODAY AND TONIGHT...CONFIDENCE - MEDIUM.

MID-LEVEL CLOUDS INCREASING AHEAD OF APPROACHING SFC COLD
FRONT...CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST WI TO NEAR KLSE. CLOUDS
AN INDICATOR OF INCREASING LOW-MID LEVEL RH IN OUR AREA AS GOES
SOUNDER MEASURED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER AN INCH UPSTREAM IN
THE NORTHERN PLAINS. EXPC CLOUDS TO CONTINUE INCREASING EARLY THIS
MRNG ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE EARLY IN VCNTY OF FRONT
BUT BETTER CHANCE LATER THIS MRNG WITH BEST CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON.

GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING BEST RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY WITH MID-LEVEL
FEATURES THIS AFTN AND EVE. INITIALLY THOUGHT I WOULD NEED TO LOWER
POPS IN SOME AREAS THIS AFTN AS LOW-MID LEVEL DEFORMATION ASSOCIATED
WITH SHORT WAVE INDICATED TO WEAKEN AS IT PASSES ACROSS SRN WI.
HOWEVER WITH MID-LEVEL WAVE EXPECTED TO SHARPEN AS IT PASSES ACROSS
SOUTHERN WI...AND IMPRESSIVE LAYER FN VECTOR RESPONSE TO
FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING...WL CONTINUE HIGH POPS THIS AFTN.  LAYER
Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE TIED TO SURGE OF HIGHER LAYER RH PASSES THRU
SRN WI DURING THE AFTN AS WELL...WHICH IS ALSO TIED TO PERIOD OF
ENHANCED FORCING FROM RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 3H JET.  BETTER
CHANCE FOR MORE PROLONGED SHOWERS IN NORTH CLOSER TO
DEFORMATION...AND IN THE SOUTHEAST WHERE MUCAPES MAY CLIMB TO OVER
500 J/KG ALONG CDFNT.  WL CONTINUE TO MENTION SMALL T THREAT TODAY.

SHWRS WL END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SRN WI FROM MID-AFTN THRU THE
EVE AS COOLER...DRIER AIR RUSHES IN FROM THE NORTH AND DEFORMATION
SLIDES OFF TO THE EAST. PARTIAL CLEARING AND CHILLY AIR WL ALLOW
TEMPS TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S IN THE WEST TONIGHT.

TUESDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

WEAK VORTICITY WITHIN THE AXIS OF THE 500MB TROUGH AND THE 850MB
THERMAL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING ACROSS WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY...MOST
LIKELY IN THE MORNING. GFS AND NAM MODEL SOUNDINGS STILL LOOK
CONDUCIVE FOR DIURNAL CUMULUS CLOUDS AND SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS OR
SPRINKLES...EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT SHOWING MUCH/ANY QPF. THE 00Z
ECMWF CAME IN WITH 0.01 TO 0.03 ACROSS MUCH OF WI. COMPARISON OF
MODEL CU RULE INDICATES WIDESPREAD CLOUDS QUICKLY DEVELOPING IN THE
MORNING AND THEN DISSIPATING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AS THE VERY DRY AIR WORKS ITS WAY IN.

KEPT A SMALL CHANCE FOR LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES IN THE FORECAST
ON TUESDAY. MAX TEMPS WILL ONLY BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60
WITH 925MB TEMPS AROUND 8C.

TUESDAY NIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH.

CLEAR SKIES AND VERY COOL TEMPERATURES WILL SETTLE INTO SOUTHERN WI
ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY MOVES ACROSS
THE REGION. THE NAM IS MORE BULLISH WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION IN
RETURN FLOW AROUND THE HIGH TUE NIGHT WHILE THE OTHER MODELS KEEP
925MB TEMPS AROUND 8C AND 850MB TEMPS AROUND 1C TO 2C. MIN TEMPS
SHOULD DROP INTO THE MID 30S INLAND.

CONTINUED MENTION OF PATCHY FROST IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT PATCHY IS THE KEY WORD. WITH
SOIL TEMPS IN THE 60S TO LOW 70S AND POSSIBLY SOME HIGH CLOUDS
STREAMING IN LATE WITH THE WARM AIR ADVECTION KEEPING THE AREA
SLIGHTLY WARMER...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST...THERE IS A LIMITED
POTENTIAL FOR FROST.

.LONG TERM...

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WITH A DECENT VORT MAX WILL CROSS WI WED
AFTERNOON/EVENING AND BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. SHOWERS
WOULD BE SCATTERED IN NATURE AND PRECIP AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT.

TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN EXITING HIGH PRESSURE AND THE
SURFACE TROUGH APPROACHING WILL CREATE BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS WED AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THE WINDS WILL ALSO USHER IN WARMER AIR...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM
AROUND 70 IN THE WESTERN FORECAST AREA TO THE UPPER 60S EAST.

THE SURFACE FRONT WILL CLEAR SOUTHEAST WI BY 12Z THU AND ANY PRECIP
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY THEN. NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT FOR CLOUD
COVER ON THURSDAY...EXCEPT IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST HIGH CLOUDS WILL
BE STREAMING OVER THE REGION DUE TO THE UPPER JET OVER NORTHERN
WISCONSIN. LOW LEVELS LOOK DRY AT THIS TIME.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

SEVERAL 500MB TROUGHS ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER HUDSON
BAY WILL SWING ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION FOR MUCH OF THE
WEEKEND. MODELS SHOW THAT UPPER TROUGH SHIFTING EAST DURING THE DAY
ON SUNDAY. THIS MEANS COOL TEMPERATURES...PLENTY OF CLOUDS DURING
THE DAYTIME...A BRISK NORTHWEST BREEZE...AND A SMALL CHANCE OF
SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE SUN SHOULD BE OUT
MORE ON SUNDAY AS THE TROUGH MOVES AWAY.

&&

.AVIATION/12Z TAFS/...MID-LEVEL CLOUDS FILLING IN AHEAD OF
APPROACHING SFC FRONT OVER CENTRAL WI.  EXPC CLOUDS TO CONTINUE TO
INCREASE EARLY THIS MRNG. THESE INCREASING CLOUDS AN INDICATOR OF
INCREASING LOW-MID LEVEL RH AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE.  GOES SOUNDER
INDICATED UPSTREAM PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 1.0 INCH.  HENCE
NEED TO WATCH FOR SHRA DEVELOPMENT AND ISOLD T ALONG PASSING FRONT.
EXPECT A SWATH OF SHRA AND ISOLD T TO SWEEP ACROSS TAF SITES THIS
AFTN AND EARLY EVE WHEN STRONGEST FORCING ASSOCD WITH MID-LEVEL
SHORT WAVE MOVES THRU.  MAY BE A PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS WITH
SHRA AND LOW LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION THIS AFTN AND EVENING BEFORE
CLEARING.

&&

.MARINE...COLD FRONT CUTTING ACROSS WI WL SWEEP ACROSS THE LAKE MI
NEARSHORE WATERS FROM LATE THIS MRNG THRU MID-LATE AFTN. SOUTHWEST
WINDS WL BRIEFLY TURN TO THE NORTH BUT WL BE PREDOMINANTLY NORTHWEST
AFT FROPA WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS IMMEDIATELY AFT FROPA. STRONG LOW
LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION TONIGHT WILL CREATE STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE
RATES OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS. THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH
A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD CAUSE WIND GUSTS TO REACH
SMALL CRAFT ADVY LEVELS...POSSIBLY LATER THIS AFTN...BUT MOSTLY TNGT
WHEN THE MOST UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. WILL ISSUE SMALL
CRAFT ADVY FROM 21Z TODAY THRU 00Z/WED.  STRONGEST WINDS GUSTS WL
LIKELY BE TNGT.

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
     TUESDAY FOR LMZ643>646.

&&

TODAY/TONIGHT AND AVIATION/MARINE...MBK
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MRC
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 3:05 PM CDT, 12 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
305 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-170900-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
305 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM ON MONDAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT WEEK.

LMZ643>646-170900-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
305 PM CDT SUN SEP 16 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM ON MONDAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN.

BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS AND RESULTANT WAVES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
WILL LIKELY REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock, Walworth26 min
Sep 17, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha62 min
Sep 17, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX84 min

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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.