Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Duluth, MN

934 
WHUS43 KDLH 220212
CFWDLH

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
912 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

MNZ037-WIZ001-220315-
/O.EXP.KDLH.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-140822T0200Z/
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DULUTH...SUPERIOR...
AND PARK POINT BEACH
912 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

NORTHEAST FROM 10 TO 20 MPH AND WAVES FROM 2 TO 4 FEET WILL
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
357 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 335 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

MID LVL LOW OVER ERN GT LAKES ACTING TO BLOCK APPROACH OF SHORTWAVE
TROF OVER NRN PLAINS. AS A RESULT THIS SYSTEM IS BIFURCATING WITH
MAIN EMPHASIS SHIFTING SOUTH OF CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. MOST FAVORED
THERMODYNAMICS BEING SUPPLIED BY 35/40KT LLJ ACTING UPON LOW LVL
BDRY OVER SRN/CTRL MN. BROAD AREA OF WARM ADVECTION ENTERING THE CWA
WITH RW/TRW SNEAKING INTO SWRN EDGE OF AREA. SAT IMAGERY SHOWS LARGE
CANOPY OF CIRRUS... ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH AND
WEST...MOVING ACROSS SWRN CWA. AHEAD OF THIS CLOUD SHIELD A
DECOUPLED BDRY LYR EXISTS WITH AREAS OF LOW CLOUD/FOG
OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR LAKE  SUPERIOR.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 335 AM CDT THU AUG 21
2014

TODAY...UNFORTUNATELY CONFIDENCE HAS ACTUALLY DECREASED OVER PAST 24
HRS AS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX TO SOUTH OF THE AREA DISRUPTS THE INITIAL
MOISTURE TRANSPORT PATTERN TO SOME EXTENT. GENERAL IDEA IS THAT A
STRENGTHENING WARM ADVECTION REGIME WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
85H MSTR TRANSPORT INCREASE AS SFC LOW MOVES TOWARDS SRN MN BY LATE
IN THE AFTN. MDLS HAVE TRENDED FARTHER SOUTH WITH POSITIONING OF
WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A MORE STABLE SFC
PATTERN WITH INSTABILITY MORE LIKELY TO BE ELEVATED IN NATURE. THE
EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG THE EXTREME SRN EDGE OF THE CWA BUT EVEN
THAT IS QUESTIONABLE. INITIAL LLJ WILL SPLIT WITH SRN BRANCH AIMED
INTO CTRL WISCONSIN WHILE A SECONDARY BRANCH WORKS INTO NWRN CWA BY
18Z...AND MOVES TOWARDS ARROWHEAD BY 00Z. LOW LVL THICKNESS COOLING
IN PRESENCE OF WARM ADVECTION APPEARS TO GE GREATEST OVER ARROWHEAD
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ULTIMATELY MAY BE THE AREA OF HIGHEST QPF
HOWEVER CONFIDENCE NOT VERY HIGH. SPC SREF PROB OF HALF INCH OR
GREATER QPF IS ABOUT 30 PERCENT OVER ARROWHEAD AND NEAR HYR LAKES
VICINITY. WITH APPROACHING WARM FRONT AND TYPICAL SFC PRESS GRADIENT
DEVELOPING DUE TO LAKE EXPECT GUSTY NE WINDS NEAR TWIN PORTS LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT... ELONGATED SFC LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION WITH A
BDRY LYR WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST MAKING IT ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION. A LOW LEVEL SHEAR AXIS MAY ALLOW SOME MORE SIGNIFICANT
PRECIP TO CONTINUE OVER THE FAR NORTH SHORE AND INTO NRN COOK
COUNTY. OTHERWISE A DECREASE IN PRECIP INTENSITY IS EXPECTED.
AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE IN RESIDUAL SATURATED NEAR SFC LAYER.
FCST SFC CPD FAVOR NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR FOR HIGHER POTENTIAL OF
LOWER VIS DUE TO BR/FG.

TOMORROW...MID LVL RIDGING AMPLIFIES OVER THE REGION AS A TROF
DEEPENS OVER THE INTERMTN WEST. WEAK SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL NOSE
SOUTHWARD UNDERNEATH SUBSIDENCE ALOFT. THE RESULT SHOULD BE CONSIDERABLE
CLOUD COVER. FCST SNDGS FROM NAM BUFR SHOW VERY MOIST LAYER IN
LOWEST 3K FT UNDERNEATH SUBSIDENCE INVERSION FOR MOST OF THE DAY SO
MAY NEED TO GO MORE PESSIMISTIC IN LATER FCST UPDATES. HAVE ENDED
LOW POPS FROM WEST TO EAST WITH POTENTIAL THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO
REDUCE/ELIMINATE EVEN FASTER THAN PRESENTLY FCST BASED ON VERY
WEAK FORCING.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 335 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

OUR NEXT WEATHER MAKER WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND AS
THE NEXT SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES
AND SWINGS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.  FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING APPEAR MOSTLY DRY FOR NOW...BUT A BAND OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHLAND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TO BE FOLLOWED BY MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS FROM NEBRASKA SATURDAY NIGHT
NORTH-NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA UP INTO WESTERN ONTARIO BY
SUNDAY NIGHT.  SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT LOOK LIKE A
GENERALLY WET PERIOD...THOUGH THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF DRY WEATHER
IN BETWEEN THE WAVES OF PRECIPITATION.  THUS...HAVE PUT IN LIKELY
POPS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND AM FAIRLY
CONFIDENT IN GETTING PRECIP THOUGH TIMING AND SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ARE
STILL HIGHLY UNCERTAIN.  TEMPERATURES TO BE SEASONABLE...THOUGH THEY
WILL BE VARIABLE ACROSS THE CWA WITH COOLER VALUES WHERE IT IS
RAINING.

MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT THE WEEKEND STORM SYSTEM WILL BE NORTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA...AND WESTERLY FLOW AND DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR
MONDAY.  CLOUD COVER IS LIKELY TO KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER IN
GENERAL.  HAVE SOME SMALL POPS IN THE FORECAST...BUT THESE ARE
LIKELY TO BE LIMITED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OR TSRA...IF THAT.

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FORECAST UNCERTAINTY INCREASES AS MODELS ARE
MOVING DIFFERING WHETHER THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OUT WEST DEEPENS
MORE...OR BEGINS TO OPEN UP A LITTLE AND MOVE EAST TOWARDS THE
AREA.  EITHER WAY...WE HAVE SOME CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES BOTH
DAYS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1240 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

AREAS OF BR IS POSSIBLE THROUGH ABOUT 15Z AS AN ELY FLOW OVER LAKE
SUPERIOR FEEDS IFR/LIFR CIGS OVER DLH/HIB AND POSSIBLY HYR.
HOWEVER...LOW END VFR CLOUDS ARE ARRIVING FROM THE W AHEAD OF THE
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN THE DAKOTAS. THIS MAY PREVENT THE BR FROM
BECOMING MORE PREVALENT. MAINTAINED THE PRIOR FORECAST OF VCSH
FROM 15Z DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE IN ACTUAL ARRIVAL OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS. HAVE VCTS BEGINNING AT 18Z AS STORM COMPLEX ARRIVES.
HOWEVER...THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE ACTIVITY MAY DIVERGE FROM
CURRENT FORECAST. END THE PCPN AFTER 00Z BUT ADDED -DZ/BR AT MOST
LOCATIONS AS ELY FLOW RETURNS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH  68  59  71  59 /  60  60  20  10
INL  73  58  74  56 /  50  50  30  10
BRD  79  61  79  61 /  50  20  10  20
HYR  80  64  78  61 /  60  60  10  10
ASX  73  61  74  59 /  60  60  20  10

&&

.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
LS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR LSZ142>146.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CANNON
SHORT TERM...CANNON
LONG TERM...LE
AVIATION...LE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
440 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-221130-
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
440 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL..ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHLAND TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THERE
IS A LIMITED RISK OF STRONG OR POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS NEAR THE
BRAINERD LAKES AND LOWER ST CROIX VALLEY VICINITY...THE GREATEST
CONCERN WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SEVERAL PERIODS OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND. THERE
APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST A SMALL RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD HOWEVER MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION
OR TIMING FOR SEVERE WEATHER . A BIGGER THREAT WILL BE THE RISK FOR
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING
AS AN EXTREMELY MOIST AIRMASS MOVES NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

LSZ121-140>148-221130-
BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN-
GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN-
TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN-
SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN-
DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI-
SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI-
440 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

INCREASING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND BUILDING WAVE HEIGHTS
WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST NEARSHORE FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN
LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY THIS WEEKEND OVER
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG OR SEVERE.

CANNON

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)