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Wind Advisory 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2013, 2:37 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 19, 2013, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2013, 2:37 PM CST (20:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2013, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 28 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 790 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 863 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
151 WWUS73 KARX 182037 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 237 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING... .STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW AN ARCTIC FRONT PLOWING THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION LATE SATURDAY. PLAN ON WINDS SWITCHING TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP OF 40 TO 50 MPH. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL AS WELL WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BY MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-190445- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0001.130119T2100Z-130120T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 237 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * PLAN ON NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM SATURDAY...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH NEAR MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. * THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY BRING ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND FALLING TEMPERATURES TO DROP WIND CHILLS TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...BE PREPARED TO HAVE WARM CLOTHING WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
10 follow-up statements
685 WWUS73 KARX 190304 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 904 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING... .STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW AN ARCTIC FRONT PLOWING THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION LATE SATURDAY. PLAN ON WINDS SWITCHING TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP OF 40 TO 50 MPH. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL AS WELL WITH THE STRONG WINDS...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BY MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-191115- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.130119T2100Z-130120T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 904 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... * PLAN ON NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM SATURDAY...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH NEAR MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. * THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY BRING ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND FALLING TEMPERATURES TO DROP WIND CHILLS TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...BE PREPARED TO HAVE WARM CLOTHING WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
751 WWUS73 KARX 190959 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 359 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON LASTING INTO THIS EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PLOWING THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON. PLAN ON WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL AS WELL WITH THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-191800- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.130119T2100Z-130120T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 359 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER AND MORE OPEN TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA AS WELL AS THE BLUFF TOPS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. * THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. * EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND FALLING TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE BY MIDNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...BE PREPARED TO HAVE WARM CLOTHING WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
039 WWUS73 KARX 191421 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 821 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ON TAP TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA ARE OCCURRING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. EXPECT THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET AS WELL WITH THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-192230- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.130119T2100Z-130120T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 821 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER AND MORE OPEN TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA AS WELL AS THE BLUFF TOPS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. * THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. * EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND FALLING TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE BY MIDNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...BE PREPARED TO HAVE WARM CLOTHING WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
971 WWUS73 KARX 191748 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1148 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO MARCH TOWARDS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH OVER THE NORTHERN DAKOTAS INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ARE OCCURRING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. EXPECT THESE STRONG WINDS TO SPREAD NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH...THEN PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PLAN ON TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AS WELL AS THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DRIVE IN ARCTIC AIR. BISMARCK... JAMESTOWN AND FARGO NORTH DAKOTA ALL FELL 20 TO 25 DEGREES IN 3 HOURS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT. EXPECT READINGS ACROSS THE REGION TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-200200- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.130119T2100Z-130120T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 1148 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. PLAN ON THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER AND MORE OPEN TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA AS WELL AS THE BLUFF TOPS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. * THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. * EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND FALLING TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE BY MIDNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...BE PREPARED TO HAVE WARM CLOTHING WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
051 WWUS73 KARX 192015 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 215 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MOVING INTO MINNEAPOLIS AND NEW ULM MINNESOTA... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH OVER THE DAKOTAS INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA WERE OCCURRING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. EXPECT THESE STRONG WINDS TO SPREAD NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH...THEN PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PLAN ON TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AS WELL AS THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DRIVE IN ARCTIC AIR. ST CLOUD MINNESOTA DROPPED NEARLY 10 DEGREES IN 1 HOUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT. EXPECT READINGS ACROSS THE REGION TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-200415- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.130119T2100Z-130120T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 215 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. PLAN ON THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER AND MORE OPEN TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA AS WELL AS THE BLUFF TOPS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. * THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. * EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND FALLING TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE BY MIDNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...BE PREPARED TO HAVE WARM CLOTHING WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING QUICKLY THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
247 WWUS73 KARX 192140 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 340 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH OVER THE DAKOTAS INTO MUCH OF MINNESOTA WERE OCCURRING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. EXPECT THESE STRONG WINDS TO SPREAD NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 6 PM AS THE ARCTIC FRONT PASSES...THEN PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PLAN ON TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AS WELL AS THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DRIVE IN ARCTIC AIR. ST CLOUD MINNESOTA DROPPED NEARLY 20 DEGREES IN 2 HOURS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT. EXPECT READINGS ACROSS THE REGION TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-200545- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130120T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 340 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH TO DEVELOP BY 6 PM...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. PLAN ON THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. * EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND FALLING TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE BY MIDNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...BE PREPARED TO HAVE WARM CLOTHING WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING QUICKLY THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
005 WWUS73 KARX 192342 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 542 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH HAVE SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT THESE STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PLAN ON TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AS WELL AS THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DRIVE IN ARCTIC AIR. EXPECT READINGS ACROSS THE REGION TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-200600- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130120T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 542 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. PLAN ON THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS BY MIDNIGHT. * EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND FALLING TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE BY MIDNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...BE PREPARED TO HAVE WARM CLOTHING WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING QUICKLY THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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
179 WWUS73 KARX 200348 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 948 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT... .WINDS WERE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WITH THIS TREND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FURTHER EAST...THERE WERE STILL SOME GUSTS TO BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. EXPECT THESE WINDS TO ALSO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEEN BY MIDNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-200600- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130120T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 948 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. PLAN ON THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS OPEN AREAS. * THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA. * EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND FALLING TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE BY MIDNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES...ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...BE PREPARED TO HAVE WARM CLOTHING WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING QUICKLY THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
828 WWUS73 KARX 200550 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1150 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT... .NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-200700- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130120T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 1150 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND A CONTINUED DECREASE IN THE WINDS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Jan 18, 11:42 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 11:42 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1142 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT 314 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 THE MAIN FOCUS THROUGH THE WEEKEND IS WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES ALONG WITH THE TEMPERATURE DROP AND STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. CURRENTLY...A BAND OF SNOW EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL MINNESOTA DOWN INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AHEAD OF A SURFACE WARM FRONT AND WILL QUICKLY PROPAGATE TO THE EAST THIS MORNING. SOME OF THIS SNOW HAS TAKEN ON A CONVECTIVE LOOK TO IT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LIKELY DUE TO THE LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS BEING SHOWN THERE ON 18.06Z RAP CROSS SECTIONS...WITH SOME VISIBILITIES DROPPING DOWN TO A MILE AT TIMES. THIS SNOW WILL BE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA QUICKLY THIS MORNING WITH SNOW TOTALS STILL LOOKS TO BE AROUND AN INCH OR TWO IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH LESS THAN AN INCH SOUTH OF CLARK COUNTY WISCONSIN. CONFIDENCE NOT VERY HIGH THAT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR AS THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE IN REPORTS OF IT ALONG THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW. 18.06Z RAP SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT IF THERE IS AN AREA WHERE THE FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE...IT MAY BE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE THE COLUMN MAY LOSE ICE WITH LOW LEVEL LIFT STILL STRONG. CEILINGS HAVE NOT BEEN VERY LOW THOUGH...MAINLY ABOVE 2KFT...SO THINK THAT THE LOW LEVEL RH MAY BE A LITTLE OVERDONE. WILL LEAVE THE FZDZ MENTION IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW...BUT HAVE TRIMMED IT BACK TO JUST BEING POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-94. THE NEXT QUESTION IS WITH TEMPERATURES TODAY WITH MUCH OF THE REGION BEING IN THE WARM SECTOR AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE REGION. THOUGH 850MB TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY AROUND 1 STANDARD DEVIATION ABOVE THE NORM...HIGHS MAY COME CLOSE TO A RECORD AT RST WHERE THE PREVIOUS RECORD IS 46. WITH JUST MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUD COVER TO CONTEND WITH...AND LITTLE TO NO SNOW ON THE GROUND...TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE 40S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THE ECMWF HAS BEEN OUR BEST VERIFYING GUIDANCE WITH THE RECENT WARM DAYS...SO HAVE FOLLOWED IT WITH THE TRENDS FOR TODAY. THE HAMMER DROPS SATURDAY AS THE FIRST COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A SECONDARY ONE COMING THROUGH IN THE EVENING THAT WILL BRING DOWN THE MUCH COLDER AIR AND STRONG/GUSTY WINDS. THE STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION AND TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO WIND GUSTS UP INTO THE 40MPH RANGE SATURDAY EVENING RIGHT AFTER FROPA. THIS COMBINATION OF DROPPING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO THE WIND CHILL DROPPING INTO THE -20F TO -25F RANGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TO WHERE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. BUMPED UP CLOUD COVER A BIT AND ADDED SOME FLURRIES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AS 18.00Z NAM/GFS SOUNDINGS SHOW SOME LOW LEVEL RH DROPPING INTO THE -10C TO -20C RANGE. ANOTHER WEAKLY FORCED SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH IOWA ON SUNDAY AND BRING ANOTHER POSSIBLE ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH IT. WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PUSHING DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST THOUGH...IT WILL BE HARD TO SQUEEZE OUT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 314 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 THE MAIN FOCUS INTO NEXT WEEK IS WITH THE TEMPERATURES AND HOW LOW THEY WILL GO. THE LACK OF SNOW ON THE GROUND WILL HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES UP ABOUT 10 DEGREES FROM WHERE THEY NORMALLY COULD DROP TO...BUT EVEN SO LOWS WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO MONDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY MORNING. THE 18.00Z GEM IS THE COLDEST OF THE MODEL RUNS WITH HAVING 850MB TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN TO -32C BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT THAT APPEARS TO BE A BIT EXTREME COMPARED TO THE 18.00Z GFS/ECMWF WHICH HAVE 850MB TEMPERATURES AROUND -24C AT THAT SAME TIME. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING DOWN INTO THE -20F TO -30F RANGE. THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS PASSES BY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH WARMER LOW LEVEL AIR MOVING BACK IN THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE 18.00Z GFS/ECMWF CONTINUE TO HINT AT A LATE WEEK SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION...BUT THERE IS CONSIDERABLE SPREAD ON WHERE THIS SYSTEM WILL TRACK. && .AVIATION...THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY 1142 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 A WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED THROUGH THE TAF SITES...RESULTING IN A BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND. BOTH TAF SITES SHOULD STAY FAIRLY STEADY WITH THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BETWEEN 10-20 KT ON SUSTAINED WINDS AND 20-25 KT ON GUSTS. EXPECT THE WINDS AND GUSTS TO DIMINISH QUICKLY AROUND SUNSET WITH LOSS OF HEATING. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL DRY AIR SHOULD KEEP CONDITIONS VFR...UP TO THE ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC FRONT CURRENTLY IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA. THIS FRONT SHOULD BEGIN TO APPROACH THE TAF SITES NEAR 18Z SATURDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TURN WESTERLY...AND THIS IS NOTED IN THE TAFS. LOOKING AHEAD...EXPECT THE ARCTIC FRONT TO CROSS THE TAF SITES AROUND 21Z SATURDAY. WINDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSAGE WILL BE QUITE STRONG...SUSTAINED LIKELY BETWEEN 20-30 KT WITH GUSTS OF 30-40KT...HIGHEST AT KRST. IN ADDITION...AN MVFR CLOUD DECK LOOKS TO FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... 314 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 WI...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HALBACH LONG TERM...HALBACH AVIATION...AJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 10:03 AM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1003 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-191200- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE- FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE- MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON- WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 1003 AM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AFTER A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP DOWN TO AROUND 20 BELOW OR LOWER ON THE MORNINGS OF SUNDAY...MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO ACTION NECESSARY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. HALBACH/AJ
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