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Wind Chill Advisory 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

February 13, 201522 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 13, 2015, 2:47 PM CST for 22 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 14, 2015, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2015, 2:47 PM CST (20:47 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 14, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 15, 2015, 9:19 AM CST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
All 22 counties

Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2015-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2015-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

722 
WWUS43 KGRB 132047
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
247 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...

.ARCTIC AIR WILL COME BARRELING DOWN FROM NORTHWEST CANADA AND ARRIVE
IN WISCONSIN EARLY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO ZERO OR BELOW
WITH NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA. THIS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THAT
WILL LAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY
OVER RURAL AREAS...FROZEN LAKES AND THE DOOR PENINSULA. ICE BOATERS
AND FISHERMAN COULD HAVE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY ON THE ICE SATURDAY.

WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-140500-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.150214T1200Z-150215T1600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT
247 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 GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW SATURDAY MORNING AND
REMAIN THERE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30
MINUTES OF LESS IF NOT PROPERLY CLOTHED.  

THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-073-074-140500-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.150214T1500Z-150215T1600Z/
DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...
ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
247 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW SATURDAY MORNING AND
REMAIN THERE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30
MINUTES OF LESS IF NOT PROPERLY CLOTHED. 

THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
OVER RURAL AREAS...FROZEN LAKES AND OVER THE DOOR PENINSULA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
9 follow-up statements
994 
WWUS43 KGRB 140209
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
809 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...

.ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO POUR INTO WISCONSIN EARLY SATURDAY ON
INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO ZERO OR
BELOW WITH NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA. THIS WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THAT
WILL LAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY
OVER RURAL OPEN AREAS...FROZEN LAKES AND THE DOOR PENINSULA. ICE
BOATERS AND FISHERMAN COULD HAVE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY ON THE
ICE SATURDAY.

WIZ022-141030-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.150214T1500Z-150215T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.150215T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
809 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY.

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY MORNING
  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONGEST
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM SATURDAY.

* THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS
  THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. SNOW DRIFTING OVER ROADS MAY PRODUCE
  SCATTERED SLIPPERY SPOTS.

* WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY MORNING
  AND REMAIN IN THIS RANGE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE IMPROVING
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS IF NOT PROPERLY
  CLOTHED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. SNOW MAY
DRIFT OVER RURAL OPEN ROADS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

&&

$$

WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-141030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.150214T1200Z-150215T1600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT
809 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO
10 AM CST SUNDAY...

*  WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY MORNING AND
   REMAIN IN THIS RANGE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE IMPROVING
   SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

*  FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OF LESS IF NOT PROPERLY
   CLOTHED.

*  THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
   IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ038>040-045-048>050-073-074-141030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.150214T1500Z-150215T1600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
809 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO
10 AM CST SUNDAY...

*  WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY MORNING AND
   REMAIN IN THIS RANGE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE IMPROVING
   SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

*  FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OF LESS IF NOT PROPERLY
   CLOTHED.

*  THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
   IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

TH
747 
WWUS43 KGRB 141027
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
427 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...STRONG WINDS AND ARCTIC COLD OVERSPREADING THE AREA TODAY...

.ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR INTO WISCONSIN TODAY ON STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH MID-MORNING...TO BELOW ZERO
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...THEN REMAIN STEADY OR EDGE UP JUST A
DEGREE OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. FISHERMAN ON LAKE
WINNEBAGO AND THE BAY OF GREEN BAY COULD HAVE CONSIDERABLE
DIFFICULTY ON THE ICE SATURDAY DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND STRONG
WINDS. 

WIZ022-141830-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.150214T1500Z-150215T0000Z/
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.150215T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
427 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY...

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING. A
  FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED AREAS
  ADJACENT TO THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM TO 4 PM.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. IN
  ADDITION...SNOW SHOWERS FROM EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR COULD PASS
  ACROSS NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY AT TIMES...RESULTING IN UP TO AN
  INCH OF NEW SNOW.

* THE SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SNOW
  COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE HANDLING
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. 

* WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM MID-
  MORNING TODAY TO LATE MORNING SUNDAY. WIND CHILLS THIS LOW
  INDICATE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 20
  TO 25 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL GENERATE LOW WIND
CHILLS. IF GOING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-141830-
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.150214T1200Z-150215T1600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT
427 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY...

* WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY MID-
  MORNING...AND CONTINUE IN THAT RANGE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS COULD TEMPORARILY DIE OFF TO NEAR CALM LATE TONIGHT. BUT
  TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD WHEN THAT HAPPENS...SO THE WIND
  CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TO SUNDAY
  MORNING...WHEN THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN. 

* WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO INDICATE FROSTBITE TO
  EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 20 MINUTES.

* THE GUSTY WINDS TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW...AND COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN OPEN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ038>040-045-048>050-073-074-141830-
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.150214T1500Z-150215T1600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
427 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY...

* WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY MID-
  MORNING...AND CONTINUE IN THAT RANGE THROUGH LATE MORNING
  SUNDAY.

* WIND CHILLS THIS LOW INDICATE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN
  OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 20 TO 25 MINUTES.

* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. GUSTS TO 40
  MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN OPEN
  AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

JS
113 
WWUS43 KGRB 141811
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1211 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...STRONG WINDS AND ARCTIC COLD OVERSPREADING THE AREA TODAY...

.ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR INTO WISCONSIN TODAY ON STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND ZERO DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON
WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAKING IT FEEL WELL BELOW ZERO.

THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. FISHERMAN ON LAKE
WINNEBAGO AND THE BAY OF GREEN BAY COULD HAVE CONSIDERABLE
DIFFICULTY ON THE ICE SATURDAY DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY AND STRONG
WINDS.

WIZ022-150215-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.150215T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
1211 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY...

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
  ON ELEVATED AREAS ADJACENT TO THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. THE
  STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BEFORE 4 PM...BEFORE WINDS
  DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE VISIBILITY AT 
  TIMES. IN ADDITION...SNOW SHOWERS FROM EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR 
  COULD PASS ACROSS NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY AT TIMES...RESULTING IN 
  UP TO AN INCH OF NEW SNOW. 

* THE SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SNOW 
  COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE HANDLING 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. 

* WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY TO
  LATE MORNING SUNDAY. WIND CHILLS THIS LOW INDICATE FROSTBITE TO
  EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 20 TO 25 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL GENERATE LOW
WIND CHILLS. IF GOING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-150215-
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
1211 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY...

* WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH LATE MORNING SUNDAY.

* WIND CHILLS THIS LOW INDICATE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN 
  OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 20 TO 25 MINUTES. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
  STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND
  COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN OPEN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
193 
WWUS43 KGRB 150003
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
603 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT...

.WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS 
EVENING...ARCTIC AIR POURING INTO THE REGION WILL PRODUCE 
WIND CHILLS READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO 
SUNDAY MORNING. 

WIZ022-150815-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150215T0000Z/
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
603 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH LATE MORNING SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILLS THIS LOW INDICATE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN 
  OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 20 TO 25 MINUTES. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH A FEW EVENING GUSTS TO 30
  MPH OVER NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY. PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW MAY LINGER THIS EVENING OVER RURAL OPEN AREAS OF
  NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-150815-
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
603 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY...

* WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH LATE MORNING SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILLS THIS LOW INDICATE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN 
  OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 20 TO 25 MINUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

TH
787 
WWUS43 KGRB 150441
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1041 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT...

.DIMINISHING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SUB ZERO OVERNIGHT 
LOW TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS READINGS OF 20 TO 30
BELOW ZERO THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-151100-
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...
ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
1041 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY...

* WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH LATE MORNING SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILLS THIS LOW INDICATE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN 
  OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 20 TO 25 MINUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
760 
WWUS43 KGRB 150615
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1215 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

...BITTER COLD OVERNIGHT...

.DIMINISHING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SUB ZERO OVERNIGHT
LOW TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS READINGS OF 20 TO
30 BELOW ZERO IN EASTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
ALTHOUGH WINDS IN NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WERE CALM...TEMPERATURES
WERE APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO IN PLACES.

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-151100-
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...
ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
1215 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH LATE MORNING SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILLS THIS LOW INDICATE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN 
  OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 20 TO 25 MINUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
153 
WWUS43 KGRB 150912
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
312 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

...A COLD MORNING EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING. BUT
AIR TEMPERATURES WERE FALLING AS THE WIND SPEEDS WERE DECREASING...SO
WIND CHILL INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE LOW.

WIZ005-010-018-151015-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK
312 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WERE
VERY COLD...THERE WAS VERY LITTLE WIND ACROSS THE AREA. AS A
RESULT...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BE SURE TO
STILL DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF HEADED OUTDOORS EARLY THIS MORNING.

$$

WIZ011>013-019>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-151600-
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA...
STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...
APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...
TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
312 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* WIND CHILL INDICES OF 17 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE
  UNTIL LATE MORNING.

* WIND CHILLS THIS LOW INDICATE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN
  OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 25 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

JS
097 
WWUS43 KGRB 151230
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
630 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

WIZ030-035-036-151330-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT
630 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN WERE QUITE
COLD...WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAD BECOME LIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BE SURE TO STILL DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IF HEADED OUTDOORS THIS MORNING.

$$

WIZ011>013-019>022-031-037>040-045-048>050-073-074-151600-
/O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-
WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA...
STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
630 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* WIND CHILL INDICES TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES WILL
  CONTINUE UNTIL MID MORNING.

* WIND CHILLS THIS LOW INDICATE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN
  OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 25 TO 30 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD
TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS...
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

JS
910 
WWUS43 KGRB 151519
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
919 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

...WIND CHILLS SLOWLY IMPROVING THIS MORNING...

.SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS HAVE LED TO A
GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO WIND CHILL VALUES THIS MORNING.
THEREFORE...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

WIZ011>013-019>022-031-037>040-045-048>050-073-074-151630-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150215T1600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-
WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA...
STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
919 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY.

MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS HAVE ALLOWED WIND CHILL
VALUES TO SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

AK

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 Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Feb 13, 11:46 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 11:46 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1146 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 403 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT
WEEK.

LARGE SCALE PATTERN WITH WEST COAST RIDGE/ERN NOAM TROF IN THE
PROCESS OF AMPLIFYING. THIS LOOKS TO BE A VERY STABLE PATTERN...
WITH ONLY SUBTLE CHANGES LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS. THE DIRECT
FEED OF ARCTIC AIR INTO THE FCST AREA WL KEEP TEMPS WELL BELOW
NORMAL...WITH ONLY SOME BRIEF MODERATION IN ADVANCE OF EACH
REINFORCING ARCTIC SURGE. SHORTWAVES DIGGING SE ACRS THE AREA AND
ISENT LIFT ON THE BACK SIDE OF EACH ANTICYCLONE WL PROBABLY
GENERATE SOME LIGHT SNOW/FLURRIES AT TIMES...BUT AMNTS WL BE LGT.
&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY...TONIGHT...AND SATURDAY
ISSUED AT 403 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

ASCENT IN ISENT LIFT ZONE BTWN DEPARTING ANTICYCLONE AND CYCLONE
/MID-LVL SHRTWV DROPPING SE TOWARD LAKE SUPERIOR WAS RESULTING IN
INCRG/LOWERING CLDS THIS MORNING. LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WERE
OCCURRING OVER MN...AND WL LIKELY PUSH ACRS THE FCST AREA TDA.
AMNTS WL BE LIGHT AND SOME LOCATIONS MAY NOT MEASURE...BUT SINCE
MOST LOCATIONS WL GET AT LEAST SOME LGT SNOW/FLURRIES...OPTED TO
GO WITH HIGH-END CHC POPS IN THE S AND LIKELIES IN THE N. ONLY A
DUSTING TO ABOUT 1/2 INCH OF SNOW EXPECTED.

COLD FRONT AT THE LEADING EDGE OF A FRESH SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WL
CROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. STG SHRTWV WL BE DIGGING SE INTO THE RGN
AS WELL. ITS ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE THERE WL PROBABLY BE SCT
SHSN...BUT UNCERTAINTY OVER MEASURING. RAISED POPS SOME...AND
EXPECT ANOTHER DUSTING TO 1/2 INCH OF SNOW. WINDS WILL ALSO
INCREASE SHARPLY BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE
STRONGER THAN WITH A SIMILAR FRONT WED NGT/EARLY THU. LIMITED
BLOWING SNOW TO AREAS WHERE LAKE-EFFECT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW ON THE GROUND ACRS THE
REST OF THE ARA HAS SETTLED SO THE POTENTIAL FOR SIG BLOWING WL BE
LIMITED.

SPEAKING OF LAKE-EFFECT...TRAJECTORIES WL BECOME PROGRESSIVELY
MORE FAVORABLE FOR SNOW SHOWERS OFF LAKE SUPERIOR TNGT. THE
INSTABILITY WILL BE EXTREME...BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL NEGATIVES THAT
WL STRONGLY LIMIT THE AMOUNTS. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE ICE ON THE
LAKE...THE AIR WILL BE VERY COLD...AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIMIT
THE RESIDENCE TIME OF THE AIR OVER THE LAKE. WENT WITH CATEGORICAL
POPS FOR THE SNOWBELT SINCE IT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY SNOW...BUT
STUCK WITH MODEST TOTALS.

TEMPS WL BE TOTALLY DRIVEN BY ADVECTION. AFTER A COLD START...
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TODAY...AND SHOULD CONT TO DO SO UNTIL MID-
LATE EVENING WHEN THE ARCTIC FRONT ARRIVES. MAX TEMPS TDA MAY BE
DECEPTIVE SINCE IT WILL BE COLDER THAN THOSE DURING THE DAYLIGHT
HOURS...AND INCREASING SW WINDS WILL DRIVE WIND CHILLS BLO ZERO
UNTIL AFTN. TEMPS WL FALL BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT...PROBABLY
BOTTOMING OUT 14-17Z TOMORROW...AND BOUNCING BACK MAYBE A DEGREE
OR TWO IN THE AFTN.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE NEEDED FOR
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WILL HIGHLIGHT THE COLD IN THE
HWO FOR NOW...AND ALLOW THE DAY SHIFT TO POST THE ADVISORY AFTER
FINE-TUNING THE TEMPS AND WINDS. THAT SHOULD RESULT IN MORE
ACCURATE STARTING AND ENDING TIMES. MAY ALSO NEED A WIND ADVISORY
FOR THE DOOR.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
ISSUED AT 403 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

THE LATEST GFS AND ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEANS INDICATE THAT THE CURRENT
PATTERN PRESENT ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WILL PERSIST UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...POSSIBLY UNTIL AT LEAST THE END OF THE MONTH.  IN THIS
PATTERN...WILL SEE OCCASIONAL INTRUSIONS OF ARCTIC AIR FOLLOWING THE
PASSAGE OF VARIOUS CLIPPERS.  LOOKING AT MODEL RUNS THIS
EVENING...THE GFS IS CONSIDERABLY MORE AMPLIFIED DURING THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK BUT HAS SUPPORT FROM THE CANADIAN.  WILL TAKE A BLEND
OF THESE MODELS.

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BE SHIFTING INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE NIGHT.  STRONG GUSTY
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BE SUBSIDING UNDER A MOSTLY CLEAR
SKY.  THINK POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL
WISCONSIN TO DECOUPLE LATE...WHICH WOULD PROMOTE TEMPS FALLING TO VERY
LOW READINGS...POSSIBLY 25 TO 30 BELOW.  IF OR UNTIL THIS
OCCURS...WIND CHILLS WILL SOLIDLY BE IN THE ADVISORY RANGE FROM MID
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.  ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY.  TEMPS SHOULD
RISE ABOVE ZERO...BUT ONLY INTO MIDDLE SINGLE DIGITS.  CLOUDS WILL
BE ON THE INCREASE ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT
CLIPPER.  MODELS ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS CLIPPER...SUGGESTING
STRONGER ENERGY THAN THEY WERE 24 HOURS AGO.  WILL INCREASE SNOW
CHANCES SUNDAY NIGHT THOUGH AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE RATHER LIGHT (UNDER
AN INCH.)

REST OF THE FORECAST...SNOW FROM THE CLIPPER LOOKS TO BE WINDING
DOWN MONDAY MORNING...BUT MODELS ARE ADVERTISING SECONDARY WEAK
SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.  ANY
ONE OF THEM WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO KICK OFF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES.
BEHIND TUESDAYS SHORTWAVE...ANOTHER ROUND OF BITTERLY COLD TEMPS
WILL SURGE ACROSS THE REGION.  MODELS ARE TRENDING COLDER WITH THIS
AIR...AND COULD BE ON PAR WITH THE AIR ARRIVING THIS WEEKEND IF
TRENDS CONTINUE...THOUGH WINDS DO NOT LOOK NEARLY AS STRONG.  ARCTIC
HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BE BUILDING INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY WHICH LOOK AWFULLY COLD.  SOME MODERATION BY NEXT FRIDAY.
&&

.AVIATION...FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE
ISSUED AT 1146 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

MOSTLY MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH
SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES. IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 22Z THIS AFTERNOON
NORTHWEST OF A WAUSAU TO IRON MOUNTAIN LINE. A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY AND BRING GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING
SNOW POSSIBLE SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS EXPECTED AT
OSH/ATW/IMT/MNM/SUE/GRB/MTW SATURDAY.
&&

.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS.......SKOWRONSKI
SHORT TERM.....SKOWRONSKI
LONG TERM......MPC
AVIATION.......RDM
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 4:14 AM CST, 10 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
414 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-141200-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
414 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ROADWAYS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT AS LIGHT
SNOW AND FLURRIES OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL DEVELOP ACROSS FAR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
TONIGHT DUE TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL ARRIVE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ON
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THE ARCTIC SURGE WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS TO AS LOW AS 30 OR 35 BELOW ZERO.
WIND CHILL ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR MUCH OF THE
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING PERIOD.

THE SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR SNOWBELT WILL CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY...THEN DIMINISH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE DOOR PENINSULA
SATURDAY. THIS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT.

BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE DURING THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.

LMZ521-522-541>543-141200-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
414 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NORTH GALES ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NORTH GALES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

JS/MPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 9:16 PM CSTGale WatchGRB7 hr
Feb 13, 4:21 AM CSTGale WarningGRB41 hr

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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.