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Wind Chill Advisory 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 13, 2015, 3:07 PM CST for 13 counties in Wisconsin; 7 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 14, 2015, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2015, 3:07 PM CST (21:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2015, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2015, 6:13 AM CST
- In force
- 27 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 21:08 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, 9.1 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
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 457 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
514 WWUS43 KARX 132107 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 307 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .TWO ROUNDS OF BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRST ROUND WILL OCCUR STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SECOND ROUND WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW WILL BE COMMON DURING BOTH ROUNDS. WIZ017-029-140515- /O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150214T0900Z-150215T1600Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 307 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053-140515- /O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150214T1200Z-150215T1600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 307 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLDER WIND CHILLS VALUES WILL OCCUR OVER THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ054-055-061-140515- /O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150215T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 307 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ 04
8 follow-up statements
526 WWUS43 KARX 140300 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 900 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD SATURDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .A COLD AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE AROUND DAY BREAK. DESPITE SUNNY CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY...THE GUSTY WINDS AND COLD AIR MASS WILL KEEP WIND CHILLS DOWN IN THE 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN PLUMMET SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE. WIZ017-029-141100- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150214T0900Z-150215T1600Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 900 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053-141100- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150214T1200Z-150215T1600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 900 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLDER WIND CHILLS VALUES WILL OCCUR OVER THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ054-055-061-141100- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150215T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 900 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ HALBACH
718 WWUS43 KARX 140846 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 246 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .A COLD AIR MASS MOVES IN TODAY...AND WILL HOLD ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. ADD STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS INTO THE MIX AND WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM -15 TO -30 TODAY. WINDS DECREASE TONIGHT...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL TUMBLE TO LOWS IN THE TEENS TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO. RESULTING WIND CHILLS WILL STILL BE DANGEROUS...FROM -20 TO -30. WIZ017-029-141700- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150214T0900Z-150215T1600Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 246 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILLS FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053-141700- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150214T1200Z-150215T1600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 246 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILLS FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ054-055-061-141700- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150215T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 246 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
052 WWUS43 KARX 141256 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 656 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THIS AIR MASS TODAY TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW. LOOK FOR WINDS TO DECREASE TONIGHT...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL TUMBLE INTO THE TEENS TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO. THE RESULT WILL BE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053-142100- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 656 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY... * LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS FROM 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ054-055-061-142100- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150215T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 656 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... * LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ DAS
146 WWUS43 KARX 141650 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1050 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...MINOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WIND CHILLS FOR THE AFTERNOON... .THE WIND CHILLS WILL SHOW SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE AREA GOING INTO THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THESE WILL STILL BE COLD WITH VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILLS WILL THEN BECOME BITTERLY COLD AGAIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WHILE THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 MPH OR LESS...THE AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO AND THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053-150100- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 1050 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY... * WIND CHILLS WILL TEMPORARILY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL STILL BE COLD. THE WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME BITTERLY COLD AGAIN WITH VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ054-055-061-150100- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150215T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 1050 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... * WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME BITTERLY COLD WITH VALUES OF 20 TO 25 BELOW EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ 04
947 WWUS43 KARX 142108 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 308 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...ANOTHER NIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS... .AFTER A BRIEF IMPROVEMENT IN THE WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON...THESE WILL QUICKLY RETURN TO BITTERLY COLD VALUES TONIGHT. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 MPH OR LESS TONIGHT...WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW WILL STILL OCCUR AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE DROPS INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053-150515- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 308 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY... * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ054-055-061-150515- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.150215T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 308 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ 04
361 WWUS43 KARX 150315 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 915 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD OVERNIGHT... .WIND CHILL INDICES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP ACROSS THE REGION. WHILE WINDS WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE...WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE 8 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE...ANY WINDS WILL CAUSE THE WIND CHILLS TO DROP. WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS SUNDAY AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-151115- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 915 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY... * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. * THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ HALBACH
810 WWUS43 KARX 150812 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 212 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE 8 TO 20 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. LOOK FOR A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN WIND CHILLS LATER THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES MODERATE SOME. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-094-150915- /O.CAN.KARX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-DODGE- MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... AUSTIN 212 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. LIGHT WINDS AND STEADY OR SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES HAS LED TO SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE WIND CHILL. THEREFORE...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ IAZ011-MNZ079-087-088-095-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055- 061-151600- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-WABASHA-OLMSTED-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...ROCHESTER...WINONA...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 212 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES IN THIS RANGE WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ DAS
029 WWUS43 KARX 151213 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 613 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND CHILLS IMPROVING THIS MORNING... .LIGHT WINDS AND STEADY OR SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES HAS LED TO IMPROVEMENT IN THE WIND CHILL. THEREFORE...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. IAZ011-MNZ079-087-088-095-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055- 061-151315- /O.CAN.KARX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/ ALLAMAKEE-WABASHA-OLMSTED-WINONA-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...ROCHESTER...WINONA...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH... MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 613 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. LIGHT WINDS AND STEADY OR SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES HAS LED TO IMPROVEMENT IN THE WIND CHILL. THEREFORE...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 chill advisory went out at Feb 13, 2:52 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 2:52 PM CST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
252 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 252 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015
MAIN FCST CONCERNS THIS PERIOD...ARCTIC FRONT TONIGHT...WINDS LATE
TONIGHT/SAT MORNING...COLD TEMPS/WIND CHILLS SAT/SAT NIGHT.
DATA ANALYSIS AT 18Z HAD LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF LK SUPERIOR WITH THE
FIRST TROUGH/FRONT SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE WESTERN U.P. OF MI TO NEAR
KFSD SD. SECOND ARCTIC FRONT APPEARED TO BE JUST NORTH OF THE MN/CAN
BORDER TO NEAR LK WINNIPEG. TEMPS AHEAD OF THE FIRST TROUGH/FRONT
WARMING INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 30S...WHILE THEY WERE MOSTLY
IN THE TEENS TO LOW 20S BEHIND IT. SINGLE DIGIT AND SUB-ZERO AIR
REMAINED OVER ONT AND MUCH OF MANITOBA. SOME LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST 1/3 OF WI...WHILE CLOUDS WERE
BREAKING/CLEARING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN/NORTHERN MN.
NO ISSUES NOTED WITH 13.12Z MODEL INITIALIZATIONS. SOLUTIONS VERY
SIMILAR FOR TONIGHT THRU SAT NIGHT. THIS AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE WITH
A 130+KT 500MB JET MAX ON ITS WEST SIDE DROPS QUICKLY ACROSS LK
SUPERIOR/MICHIGAN TONIGHT/EARLY SAT...DRIVING A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT
THRU THE REGION. SHORTWAVE/JET MAX EXIT QUICKLY SAT...WITH WEAK
SHORTWAVE RIDGING AHEAD OF THE NEXT WEAKER NORTHWEST FLOW SHORTWAVE
TO BUILD INTO MN/WI FOR SAT NIGHT. TREND FAVORS A COMPROMISE OF THE
EARLY RUNS WITH THE SHORTWAVE TONIGHT THEN FASTER OF EARLIER RUNS
WITH THE SHORTWAVE NEAR THE ND/MAN BORDER BY 12Z SUN. SHORT-TERM
FCST CONFIDENCE REMAINS GOOD THIS CYCLE.
FOR THE SHORT TERM...FIRST TROUGH/FRONT WILL SLIDE THRU THE FCST
AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS SWITCH TO
NORTHWEST AND START TO INCREASE BUT TEMPS BEHIND THIS FIRST BOUNDARY
ARE MOSTLY IN THE TEENS AS OF MID AFTERNOON. SECOND...ARCTIC...FRONT
PLOWS THRU A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF 06Z WITH THE STRONGER LOW
LEVEL COLD ADVECTION AND TEMPS HEADING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND BELOW
ZERO SPREADING ACROSS THE FCST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THRU SAT
MORNING. SOME SFC-850MB QG CONVERGENCE ACCOMPANIES THE ARCTIC FRONT
ACROSS THE AREA...ALONG WITH SOME MOISTURE AND STEEP LAPSE RATES TO
900MB OR SO. ADDED SCT FLURRY MENTION TO MUCH OF THE FCST AREA WITH/
BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONTAL PASSAGE. GRADIENT WINDS INCREASE INTO THE
15-25KT RANGE BEHIND THIS SECOND FRONT...WITH AROUND 35KTS OF WINDS
AT THE TOP OF THE MIXED LATER LATER TONIGHT/SAT MORNING. WITH THE
STRONG COLD ADVECTION/ DOWNWARD FLUX OF MOMENTUM...LATE TONIGHT/SAT
MORNING TO BE VERY BLUSTERY WITH WINDS GUSTING 30-35KTS. WIND CHILLS
LOOKING TO DROP TO -20 IN CLARK/TAYLOR COUNTIES AFTER 09Z...THEN
SHORTLY AFTER 12Z ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE FCST AREA. TEMPS TO
CONTINUE DROPPING SAT MORNING THEN RECOVER A BIT SAT AFTERNOON. WIND
CHILLS REACH A MIN ACROSS THE FCST AREA BETWEEN 15-18Z WITH COLDEST
TEMPS/STRONGEST WINDS. GRADIENT STARTS TO RELAX SAT AFTERNOON AS THE
RIDGE AXIS APPROACHES. LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION WEAKENS AS WELL.
WIND CHILLS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FCST AREA TO REMAIN IN THE -15 TO -20
RANGE SAT AFTERNOON...THEN QUICKLY DROP BACK INTO THE -20 TO -30
RANGE AFTER 00Z SUN. WITH BRIEF AND MARGINAL BREAK FROM THE -20 OR
COLDER WIND CHILLS...WILL POST A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR ALL BUT THE
SOUTHEAST END OF THE FCST AREA FROM 09Z OR 12Z THRU 16Z SUNDAY. WILL
START ADVISORY FOR CRAWFORD/RICHLAND/GRANT COUNTIES AT 00Z SUN. SFC
RIDGE AXIS DOES MOVE INTO THE FCST AREA SAT NIGHT...WITH WINDS
BECOMING QUITE LIGHT/CALM FOR A TIME. WITH TEMPS LATER SAT NIGHT
MOSTLY IN THE -10F TO -20F RANGE...WILL TAKE VERY LITTLE WIND TO
PUSH WIND CHILLS BELOW -20. USED A BLEND OF THE GUIDANCE LOWS/ HIGHS
TONIGHT/SAT THEN TRENDED TOWARD COLDER OF LOWS SAT NIGHT...
ESPECIALLY ALONG/NORTHEAST OF I-94.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 252 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015
MAIN FCST CONCERNS FOR SUNDAY THRU MON NIGHT...-SN CHANCES FROM SUN
AFTERNOON THRU MON...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
13.12Z MODELS IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT AND OFFER A TIGHTENING
CONSENSUS SUN/SUN NIGHT AS THE ND/MAN BORDER SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THIS WAVE BEING PUSHED MORE
EAST VS. SOUTHEAST BY THE NEXT STRONGER UPSTREAM WAVE DROPPING SOUTH
ACROSS MAN/SASKAT. MODELS WITH A TIGHTER CONSENSUS/GOOD AGREEMENT
FOR THIS WAVE TO DROP INTO NORTHERN MN MON THEN INTO WI/IA MON
NIGHT. FCST CONFIDENCE FOR SUN THRU MON NIGHT IS AVERAGE TO GOOD.
SFC ARCTIC HIGH MOVES LITTLE SUNDAY...BEING BLOCKED BY THE
DEEPENING/INTENSE LOW OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. SOUTHWEST SFC
GRADIENT/MIXING FLOW REMAINS WEST OF THE FCST AREA SUN BUT DOES
SPREAD IN SUN NIGHT/MON ND/MAN SHORTWAVE TRACKS INTO NORTHERN WI AND
THE SFC TROUGH PUSHES INTO MN. 925-850MB WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE
SFC-700MB TROUGH SPREADS INTO/ACROSS MN/IA/WI SUN AFTERNOON INTO
MON. 925MB TEMPS IN THE -14C TO -18C RANGE BY 12Z MON. HIGHS TO
RECOVER A BIT SUNDAY. LOWS SUN NIGHT LOOKING TO BE IN THE EVENING
WITH STEADY/SLOWLY RISING TEMPS OVERNIGHT. HIGHS MON LOOKING TO
CLIMB INTO THE UPPER TEENS-LOW 20S AT MOST LOCATIONS...BEFORE THE
TROUGH PASSES AND THE NEXT SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR/HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
SOUTH INTO THE REGION BEHIND IT FOR MON NIGHT.
MID/HIGH CLOUDS INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY...WITH THE INCREASE
OF 925-700MB RH/SATURATION ONLY INTO THE WEST END OF THE FCST AREA
LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SMALL -SN CHANCE IN THE WEST END OF THE FCST
AREA REASONABLE SUN AFTERNOON. GREATER SFC-700MB SATURATION ADVECTS
ACROSS THE FCST AREA SUN NIGHT/MON. MDT ROUND OF 265K-285K
ISENTROPIC LIFT SLIDES ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 06Z-18Z MON WITH THE
MOISTURE. EVEN WITH THE STRONGER LOWER LEVEL THERMODYNAMIC FORCING/
LIFT SIGNAL...MODELS DO NOT PRODUCE MUCH IN THE WAY OF QPF. THUS
LEFT -SN CHANCES SUN NIGHT/MON MOSTLY IN THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE FOR
NOW. DEPENDING ON EVENTUAL TIMING...MAY NEED SOME -SN CHANCES INTO
MON EVENING. LEFT MON NIGHT GENERALLY DRY FOR NOW WITH THE 265-285K
ISENTROPIC LIFT EXITING AFTER 18Z MON AND LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION
SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA MON NIGHT. USED A BLEND OF THE GUIDANCE
HIGHS/LOWS FOR SUN THRU MON NIGHT.
FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...DAYS 4 TO 7...
MAIN FCST CONCERNS THIS PERIOD...NORTHWEST FLOW...CANADIAN/ARCTIC
HIGHS AND BELOW/MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
13.00Z/13.12Z MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR PIECES OF
SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO DROP ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TUE...DEEPENING
THE LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS FOR TUE NIGHT INTO THU.
REGION IS UNDER STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH FLOW ALOFT ON THE WEST
SIDE OF THIS TROUGH. TREND GENERALLY FAVORS STRONGER/DEEPER OF THE
EARLIER RUNS FOR TUE INTO THU WITH REGION EVEN FURTHER ON THE COLD
CYCLONIC SIDE OF THE JET AXIS. CONSISTENCY REMAINS GOOD FOR THE
EASTERN CONUS TROUGH TO MOVE OFF THE COAST THU NIGHT/FRI...BUT MORE
ENERGY TOPPING THE WEST COAST RIDGE AND MOVING SOUTHEAST LOWERS HGTS
OVER CENTRAL CAN/NORTH-CENTRAL CONUS FOR LATE IN THE WEEK...KEEPING
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT/TROUGHING OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. DAY 4 THRU 7
FCST CONFIDENCE IS AVERAGE FOR ANY PRECIP CHANCES AND GOOD FOR TEMPS
TO BE BELOW/MUCH BELOW NORMAL.
STRONG NORTHWEST-NORTH FLOW ALOFT TUE-THU CONTINUES THE PARADE OF
CANADIAN/ARCTIC AIRMASSES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. ONE OF THESE TO
DROP ACROSS THE REGION TUE THEN A REINFORCING SHOT WED/WED NIGHT.
HGTS RISE A BIT THU/THU NIGHT AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY DROPPING
ACROSS CENTRAL CAN INTO THE NORTH-CENTRAL CONUS. A ROUND OF LOW
LEVEL WARM ADVECTION SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE LOWER
LEVEL TROUGH WITH THIS SHORTWAVE TROUGHING. INITIAL/INFLOW AIRMASS IS
QUITE DRY UNDER THE COLD CAN/ARCTIC HIGHS AND 850MB FLOW FROM THE
NORTHERN/WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. MAY YET NEED SMALL -SN CHANCES FOR THU
NIGHT/FRI IF SYSTEM CAN GET AHOLD OF ANY APPRECIABLE MOISTURE.
COLDEST TEMPS TUE/WED...SOME 10F-20F BELOW NORMAL. SOME MODERATION
THU/FRI WITH MORE WESTERLY COMPONENT IN THE FLOW BUT TEMPS TO REMAIN
BELOW NORMAL. MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS OF HIGHS/LOWS FOR TUE-FRI
APPEARS WELL TRENDED AT THIS TIME.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1123 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015
THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO ADVANCE SOUTHEAST AND STILL LOOKS TO BE
ON TRACK TO PASS THROUGH BOTH TAF SITES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE
THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...THE WINDS WILL SWITCH AROUND TO THE
NORTHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY. HOWEVER...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL NOT
OCCUR UNTIL LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WHEN THE 13.12Z NAM
SHOWS THE STEEPEST LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL BE IN PLACE WITH WINDS
OF 30 KNOTS AT THE TOP OF THE MIXED LAYER. THIS MIXED LAYER ALSO
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE SATURATED FOR MVFR CEILINGS AND WITH SOME LIFT
THROUGH THIS COLUMN FROM THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORT
WAVE AND LOW LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW...WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME FLURRIES
AT BOTH TAF SITES. IT LOOKS LIKE DRIER AIR WILL START TO MOVE IN
SATURDAY MORNING TO ALLOW THE CLOUDS TO SCATTER OUT...BUT THE WINDS
WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE MORNING AS THE STEEP LAPSE RATES
REMAIN IN PLACE.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
WIZ032>034-041>044-053.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
WIZ054-055-061.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
WIZ017-029.
MN...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
MNZ079-086>088-094>096.
IA...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY FOR
IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030.
&&
SHORT TERM...RRS
LONG TERM....RRS
AVIATION.....04Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 3:42 AM CST, 11 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 342 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-141100- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 342 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS MORNING. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDS GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY MORNING...20 TO 35 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...AND 15 TO 25 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY FOR SOME OF THESE TIME PERIODS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO ACTION IS NEEDED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ017-029-141100- TAYLOR-CLARK- 342 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES IS LIKELY TODAY...MAINLY THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS COULD RESULT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDS GUSTS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY MORNING...25 TO 35 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...AND 20 TO 25 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY FOR SOME OF THESE TIME PERIODS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO ACTION IS NEEDED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.