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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this frost advisory at May 4, 2016, 2:22 PM CDT for Marquette County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 5, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2016, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Marquette County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
394 WWUS73 KMKX 041922 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 222 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST POTENTIAL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT... .A CHILLY AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO RESULT IN PARTS OF THE AREA SEEING SOME FROST DEVELOP. THE APPROACHING HIGH WILL RESULT IN LIGHTER WINDS ARRIVING AND ALSO CLEARING SKIES. WIZ046-050330- /O.NEW.KMKX.FR.Y.0002.160505T0700Z-160505T1200Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...WESTFIELD...OXFORD... NESHKORO...ENDEAVOR 222 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY * TEMPERATURE...FALLING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ COLLAR
2 follow-up statements
348 WWUS73 KMKX 050208 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 908 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT... .A CHILLY AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS TO RESULT IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...MAINLY NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF MADISON...TO EXPERIENCE AREAS OF LATE NIGHT FROST. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S. WIZ056-051015- /O.EXA.KMKX.FR.Y.0002.160505T0700Z-160505T1200Z/ SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...REEDSBURG...PRAIRIE DU SAC... SAUK CITY 908 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY * TEMPERATURE...FALLING INTO THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ WIZ046-051015- /O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0002.160505T0700Z-160505T1200Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...WESTFIELD...OXFORD... NESHKORO...ENDEAVOR 908 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY * TEMPERATURE...FALLING INTO THE MID 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ MBK
128 WWUS73 KMKX 050822 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 322 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING... .EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S AND MAY DROP ANOTHER DEGREE OR SO BEFORE RISING FOR THE DAY. SOME FROST IS STILL EXPECTED...BUT SHOULDN/T BE TOO WIDESPREAD. WIZ046-056-051200- /O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160505T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...WESTFIELD...OXFORD... NESHKORO...ENDEAVOR...BARABOO...REEDSBURG...PRAIRIE DU SAC... SAUK CITY 322 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...FALLING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Iowa | 46 min |
| May 3, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane, Jefferson, Waukesha | 44 min |
| May 3, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 47 min |
| May 4, 2:54 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 30 hr |
Nearby
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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.