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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

January 22, 2016Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this lake effect snow advisory at Jan 22, 2016, 8:17 PM CST for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2016, 8:17 PM CST (02:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2016, 12:51 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Manitowoc County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 00:00Z on 2016-01-23Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow 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 lake effect snow advisory went out at Jan 22, 8:04 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 8:04 PM CST, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 3:14 PM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
314 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-232115-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN-
LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-
WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-
314 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SLIPPERY ROADS ARE LIKELY IN THE COUNTIES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN
TONIGHT DUE TO LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. AN INCH OR TWO OF
ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY FROM ALGOMA SOUTHWARD ALONG THE LAKESHORE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT DUE TO LIGHT
SNOW. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE ON MONDAY. AROUND
AN INCH OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER TOTALS IN FAR NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL
OBSERVATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.

LMZ521-522-541>543-232115-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
314 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016

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

.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.

SKOWRONSKI/MG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 22, 2:32 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 6:23 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 22, 7:25 PM CST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
725 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0723 PM     SNOW             TWO RIVERS              44.15N 87.56W
01/22/2016  E1.3 INCH        MANITOWOC          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0723 PM     SNOW             MANITOWOC               44.08N 87.66W
01/22/2016  E1.0 INCH        MANITOWOC          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0723 PM     SNOW             TWO CREEKS              44.29N 87.56W
01/22/2016  E1.0 INCH        MANITOWOC          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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LUCHS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 12:51 AM CSTLake Effect Snow WarningGRBManitowoc4 hr
Jan 23, 3:15 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB29 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Wisconsin, 2016Every lake effect snow advisory in 2016

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.