Alert archive / Wisconsin / Gale Warnings in 2015
Gale Warning 18, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale warning at Mar 28, 2015, 3:28 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 29, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2015, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2015, 8:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
119 WHUS73 KMKX 280828 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 328 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY... .AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE REGION TONIGHT...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE AREA. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD THE NEARSHORE WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THEN GALE FORCE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM ABOUT MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON SUNDAY. LMZ643-644-281630- /O.UPG.KMKX.GL.A.0005.150329T0900Z-150329T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.150329T0600Z-150329T1500Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 328 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: LIGHT WINDS TODAY...BECOMING SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WAVES: 1 TO 3 FEET TODAY...INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET TONIGHT AND 4 TO 7 FEET SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ645-646-281630- /O.UPG.KMKX.GL.A.0005.150329T0900Z-150329T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.150329T0900Z-150329T1500Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 328 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: LIGHT WINDS TODAY...BECOMING SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WAVES: 1 TO 3 FEET TODAY...INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET TONIGHT AND 4 TO 7 FEET SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
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390 WHUS73 KMKX 281352 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 852 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY... .AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE REGION TONIGHT...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE AREA. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD THE NEARSHORE WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THEN GALE FORCE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM ABOUT MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON SUNDAY. LMZ643-644-282200- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.150329T0600Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 852 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY... * WINDS: LIGHT WINDS TODAY...BECOMING SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WAVES: 1 TO 3 FEET TODAY...INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET TONIGHT AND 4 TO 7 FEET SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ645-646-282200- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.150329T0900Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 852 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY... * WINDS: LIGHT WINDS TODAY...BECOMING SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WAVES: 1 TO 3 FEET TODAY...INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET TONIGHT AND 4 TO 7 FEET SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HENTZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
235 WHUS73 KMKX 282041 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 341 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY... .AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE REGION TONIGHT...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE AREA. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD THE NEARSHORE WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM ABOUT MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON SUNDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH WAVES ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. LMZ643-644-290445- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.150329T0600Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 341 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY... * WINDS: WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN SUNDAY NIGHT. * WAVES: INCREASING TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATER TONIGHT...AND 4 TO 8 FEET SUNDAY. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ645-646-290445- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.150329T0900Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 341 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY... * WINDS: BECOMING SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN SUNDAY NIGHT. * WAVES: INCREASING TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATER TONIGHT...AND 4 TO 8 FEET SUNDAY. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WOOD WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
637 WHUS73 KMKX 290153 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 853 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY... .AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE REGION TONIGHT...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE AREA. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD THE NEARSHORE WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED FROM ABOUT MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON SUNDAY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH WAVES ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. LMZ643-644-291000- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.150329T0600Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 853 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 20 INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY... DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN SUNDAY NIGHT. * WAVES: 2 TO 4 FEET INCREASING TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATER TONIGHT...AND 5 TO 9 FEET SUNDAY. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ645-646-291000- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.150329T0900Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 853 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM CDT SUNDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS LATER TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY... DIMINISHING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN SUNDAY NIGHT. * WAVES: 1 TO 3 FEET INCREASING TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATER TONIGHT...AND 5 TO 7 FEET SUNDAY. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MBK
808 WHUS73 KMKX 290821 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 321 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY... .A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY...BRINGING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE NEARSHORE WATERS LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS THEN EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. LMZ645-646-291630- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.150329T0900Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 321 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS BY ABOUT MID MORNING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. * WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET TODAY. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ643-644-291630- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 321 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS BY ABOUT MID MORNING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. * WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FEET TODAY. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ DAVIS WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
608 WHUS73 KMKX 290821 CCA MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 321 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY...BRINGING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE NEARSHORE WATERS LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS THEN EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. LMZ645-646-291630- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.150329T0900Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 321 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS BY ABOUT MID MORNING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. * WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET TODAY. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ643-644-291630- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150329T2100Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 321 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS BY ABOUT MID MORNING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. * WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FEET TODAY. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ DAVIS WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
726 WHUS73 KMKX 291410 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 910 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY...BRINGING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE NEARSHORE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS THEN EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-292215- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMKX.GL.W.0018.150329T1500Z-150330T0000Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 910 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS BY ABOUT MID MORNING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. * WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET TODAY. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HENTZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
824 WHUS73 KMKX 291519 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1019 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS TODAY... .A STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY...BRINGING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE NEARSHORE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AREA. LMZ643>646-292330- /O.EXP.KMKX.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-150329T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150330T0000Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 1019 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTH GALES TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. * WAVES: 5 TO 7 FEET. WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ HENTZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
464 WHUS73 KMKX 292038 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 338 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS UNTIL THIS EVENING... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TO THE NEARSHORE WATERS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AREA. LMZ643>646-300000- /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150330T0000Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 338 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST GALES TO 35 KNOTS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. * WAVES: 5 TO 9 FEET UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDING TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ WOOD WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
991 WHUS73 KMKX 292352 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 652 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...GALE FORCE WINDS INTO THIS EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN EARLY THIS EVENING. SPORADIC WIND GUSTS OF 40 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LMZ643>646-300200- /O.EXT.KMKX.GL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150330T0200Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 652 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST GALES TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. * WAVES: 3 TO 6 FEET UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDING TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ MG WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
589 WHUS73 KMKX 300139 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 839 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS INTO THE OVERNIGHT... .GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING BY SUNRISE. LMZ643>646-300900- /O.CAN.KMKX.GL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-150330T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0034.150330T0139Z-150330T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 839 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY. THE GALE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS. GUSTS 25 TO 30 KNOTS. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE OVERNIGHT. * WAVES: 1 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ MG WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale warning went out at Mar 27, 9:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 9:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
953 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015
.UPDATE...FORTUNATELY LOW LEVELS REMAIN DRY AS LOW LEVEL WINDS
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NNE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SRN LAKESHORE AREAS.
WITH LARGE DELTA-T...NOT IMPOSSIBLE SOME SCT TO BRIEFLY BKN LOW
CLOUDS COULD AFFECT FAR SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER WL REMAIN
MORE OPTIMISTIC FOR NOW DUE TO DIMINISHING LOW LEVEL WINDS AND
LITTLE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. OTRW LOWERED OVERNIGHT TEMPS A FEW
DEGREES AT SOME INLAND ERN LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION/06Z TAFS/...AS MENTIONED ABOVE...MAY BE SOME SCT TO
BRIEFLY BKN MVFR CLOUDS AFFECTING KENW...KMKE SITES OVERNIGHT INTO
EARLY SAT. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY...WL JUST GO WITH FEW-SCT FOR NOW.
OTRW...A VFR PERIOD WITH THICKENING MID-HIGH CLOUDS SAT NGT.
&&
.MARINE...CANCELLED LAST FEW HOURS OF SMALL CRAFT ADVY AS WINDS
AND WAVES HAVE DIMINISHED. STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY COULD REACH GALE FORCE...OTHERWISE SLAM DUNK ON
REACHING SMALL CRAFT ADVY LEVELS LATER SAT NIGHT.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015/
TONIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX THIS EVENING...ALLOWING GUSTY WINDS TO
SUBSIDE AS SURFACE RIDGING SHIFTS SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. SURFACE
RIDGE AXIS CROSSES SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT...BRINGING COOL
AND QUIET CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH LOW-LEVEL COLD ADVECTION WILL BE
WEAKENING...AND NEARING NEUTRAL BY MIDNIGHT...CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT
WINDS / AT LEAST AWAY FROM THE LAKESHORE / WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD
RADIATIONAL COOLING WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS.
SATURDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH
HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA...AS UPSTREAM SURFACE
TROUGHING ADVANCES FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WINDS VEER SOUTHERLY ACROSS THE AREA BY
AFTERNOON WITH WARM LOW-LEVEL THERMAL ADVECTION KICKING IN BY
EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW SOME MODERATION IN AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
FROM TODAY...WITH HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S FOR MOST
AREAS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG THE LAKESHORE...WHERE A
NORTHEASTERLY WIND COMPONENT WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDDAY. HIGHS IN
THIS AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE LOWER 30S AS A RESULT.
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM
EXPECT QUIET WEATHER SATURDAY NIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE DEPARTS AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE.
WIDESPREAD PRECIP IS THEN EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS THE SHORTWAVE AND
COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. BETWEEN MODEL TIMING AND
THERMAL PROFILE DIFFERENCES...NOT AN EASY PRECIP TYPE FORECAST.
TAKING A GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THE MODELS...IT LOOKS LIKE PRECIP
COULD START AS SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
AS SURFACE TEMPS WARM UP...SHOULD SEE MAINLY SNOW/SLEET/RAIN CHANCES
THROUGH LATE MORNING. KEPT A CHANCE OF SNOW ALONG WITH RAIN INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON...SINCE THE LOW LEVEL WARM LAYER IS PRETTY SHALLOW
ON SOUNDINGS. EVEN IF TEMPS GET INTO THE MID/UPPER 30S...STILL LOOKS
COLD ENOUGH ALOFT FOR SNOW. BEST CHANCE FOR PROLONGED SNOW WILL BE
IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE TEMPS ALOFT REMAIN BELOW 0C THE LONGEST.
GIVEN THE EXPECTED SFC TEMPS AND THE TIME OF YEAR...WILL LIKELY
STRUGGLE TO SEE ANY FROZEN STUFF ACCUMULATE ON THE
PAVEMENT...ESPECIALLY BY LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
LOOKS PRETTY QUIET SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
THROUGH. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO A SHORTWAVE MONDAY NIGHT. MODELS
ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THE LOCATION OF THIS SYSTEM. FARTHER
NORTH GFS WOULD BE MILDER AND COMPLETELY DRY...WHILE SOUTHERN ECMWF
AND CANADIAN SUGGEST A COLDER AIRMASS ALONG WITH RAIN/SNOW CHANCES.
WENT WITH LOW POPS FOR RAIN/SNOW FOR NOW GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY.
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM
SHOULD BE DRY WEATHER UNDER HIGH PRESSURE TUESDAY. MODELS STRUGGLING
TO AGREE ON TEMPS THOUGH...WITH ECMWF/CANADIAN HOLDING ONTO A COLDER
AIRMASS...WHILE THE GFS IS QUICKER TO MOVE UPPER RIDGING AND MILDER
TEMPS INTO THE AREA. TEMPS LEANED A BIT TOWARD THE MILDER GFS AS IT
HAS BEEN A MORE CONSISTENT SOLUTION...THOUGH WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN
EYE ON LOWERING TEMPS IF THE ECMWF/CANADIAN SETUP EVENTUALLY LOOKS
MORE LIKELY.
MODELS IN BETTER AGREEMENT FOR WARMER TEMPS WED/THU. LOOKS LIKE A
TROUGH AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BY THURSDAY
MORNING...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS TO THE FORECAST AREA.
BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS LOOKS TO BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEEING A LITTLE
ELEVATED INSTABILITY AS THE COLD FRONT GOES THROUGH...SO MAY HAVE TO
EVENTUALLY CONSIDER ADDING THUNDER TO THE FORECAST.
COOLER TEMPS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR FRIDAY BEHIND THE DEPARTING TROUGH
AND COLD FRONT. THE GFS IS DRY...WHILE THE ECMWF STALLS THE COLD
FRONT JUST SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AND KEEPS RAIN CHANCES GOING
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PUT SOME LOW POPS IN THERE FOR NOW.
AVIATION/18Z TAFS/...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. SCATTERED 3-4
KFT CLOUD DECK AFFECTING KMKE AND KENW THIS AFTERNOON WILL
DISSIPATE BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT. GUSTY
NORTH TO NORTH- NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL EASE THIS EVENING AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.
MARINE...
NO CHANGES TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WITH BRISK NORTH TO NORTH-
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS CONTINUING ALONG THE LAKESHORE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THIS...COMBINED WITH FAVORABLE FETCH...WILL KEEP WAVES
HIGH. WINDS WILL EASE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE
REGION...BUT WAVES WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS TO SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS.
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS SATURDAY MORNING WILL VEER SOUTHERLY BY
AFTERNOON AND INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
SURFACE TROUGH. LOWER END GALE FORE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON
SUNDAY...AND PER COORDINATION WITH GRB/LOT HAVE HOISTED A GALE WATCH
FROM 09Z-21Z.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
LM...GALE WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR
LMZ643>646.
&&
UPDATE...MBKHazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 9:13 PM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 913 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-290215- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 913 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ643>646-290215- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 913 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR. GUSTS MAY REACH GALE FORCE DURING THIS PERIOD...SO A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:28 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 31 hr |
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