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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

October 8, 20164 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this frost advisory at Oct 8, 2016, 2:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 9, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2016, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 9, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 9, 2016, 7:36 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Columbia County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2016-10-08Temperature 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 2016-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

634 
WWUS73 KMKX 081929
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
229 PM CDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT...

.TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S AND LIGHT WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF FROST TONIGHT IN THE
REEDSBURG...PORTAGE...BERLIN...AND WESTFIELD AREAS.

WIZ046-047-056-057-090330-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FR.Y.0006.161009T0800Z-161009T1300Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...WESTFIELD...OXFORD...
NESHKORO...ENDEAVOR...BERLIN...PRINCETON...MARKESAN...BARABOO...
REEDSBURG...PRAIRIE DU SAC...SAUK CITY...PORTAGE...COLUMBUS...
LAKE WISCONSIN...LODI
229 PM CDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE HARMED OR
  KILLED IN THESE CONDITIONS IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED.
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

MRC
3 follow-up statements
636 
WWUS73 KMKX 090142
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
842 PM CDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT...

.TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S AND LIGHT WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF FROST TONIGHT IN THE
REEDSBURG...BARABOO...PORTAGE...BERLIN...AND WESTFIELD AREAS.

WIZ046-047-056-057-090945-
/O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0006.161009T0800Z-161009T1300Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...WESTFIELD...OXFORD...
NESHKORO...ENDEAVOR...BERLIN...PRINCETON...MARKESAN...BARABOO...
REEDSBURG...PRAIRIE DU SAC...SAUK CITY...PORTAGE...COLUMBUS...
LAKE WISCONSIN...LODI
842 PM CDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE HARMED OR
  KILLED IN THESE CONDITIONS IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED.
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

JTS
029 
WWUS73 KMKX 090809
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
309 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016

...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...

.TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S AND LIGHT WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF FROST TONIGHT IN THE
REEDSBURG...BARABOO...PORTAGE...BERLIN...AND WESTFIELD AREAS.

WIZ046-047-056-057-091300-
/O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-161009T1300Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...WESTFIELD...OXFORD...
NESHKORO...ENDEAVOR...BERLIN...PRINCETON...MARKESAN...BARABOO...
REEDSBURG...PRAIRIE DU SAC...SAUK CITY...PORTAGE...COLUMBUS...
LAKE WISCONSIN...LODI
309 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE HARMED OR 
  KILLED IN THESE CONDITIONS IF LEFT UNCOVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED.
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
364 
WWUS73 KMKX 091236
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
736 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016

WIZ046-047-056-057-091345-
/O.CAN.KMKX.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-161009T1300Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...WESTFIELD...OXFORD...
NESHKORO...ENDEAVOR...BERLIN...PRINCETON...MARKESAN...BARABOO...
REEDSBURG...PRAIRIE DU SAC...SAUK CITY...PORTAGE...COLUMBUS...
LAKE WISCONSIN...LODI
736 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE FROST ADVISORY. 



$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Oct 8, 11:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 11:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1154 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2016

.UPDATE...

Temperatures are on track to warm into the upper 50s and lower 60s
today with plenty of sunshine. We are watching an area of high
clouds over southern MN that will slowly make their way into
southern WI later this afternoon and into the overnight hours. These
are associated with warm air advection in the 850-700mb
frontogenesis.

&&

.AVIATION/18Z TAFS/...

VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period.  Northwest winds
will gust 15-20kt from mid morning through about mid afternoon
across southeast Wisconsin, lower toward KMSN. Light winds are
expected tonight. Some mid and high level clouds will stream across
the area later today and tonight.

&&

.MARINE...

Northwest winds will gust to around 20 kts from mid morning through
about mid afternoon. Small craft should exercise caution today. This
offshore wind will result in the highest waves out toward open
water. Winds and waves will be lower on Sunday. Look for increasing
southerly winds by Monday.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 335 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2016/

TODAY AND TONIGHT...Forecast confidence is high.

Surface high pressure will gradually drift east as a weak trof of
low pressure pushes in from the west.  The atmosphere is dry and the
associated warm air advection will only generate some mid and high
clouds that will begin to spread into the area this morning.  These
clouds peak tonight, which will help keep temps from getting too
cold.  We should still get down in the upper 30s to lower 40s,
possibly a few mid 30s up around Sauk and Marquette counties if the
clouds clear out there just before sunrise. Those chillier temps
could result in some patchy frost.

SUNDAY AND MONDAY...Forecast Confidence...Medium

Mostly sunny skies and near normal temps are expected Sunday under
high pressure.

Southerly winds will develop for Monday behind the departing
high, allowing for a return of milder temperatures. Will probably
be more clouds due to the warm advection along with a bit of a
breeze, but overall looks like a pleasant day.

MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Forecast Confidence...Medium

Increasing moisture and temps aloft may kick off a few showers
Monday night into Tuesday morning, so kept some low end pops
going.

Best forcing and moisture comes as the cold front and trailing
main shortwave move through later Tuesday night into Wednesday, so
have highest pops then. Left thunder mention out for now given very
limited instability with this system per latest models.

Temps Tuesday will be above normal ahead of the front. The front
is then progged to move through later Tue night into early Wed,
bringing a good shot of cooler air. May be a situation similar to
yesterday morning, where temps cool through the early morning
hours and then struggle to recover much the remainder of the day
as cooler temps aloft move in.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...Forecast Confidence...Medium

High pressure will bring quiet weather Thursday and Friday, with
temperatures a couple/few degrees below normal.

AVIATION/12Z TAFS/...

VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period.  Northwest winds
will gust 15-20kt from mid morning through about mid afternoon
across southeast Wisconsin, lower toward KMSN. Light winds are
expected tonight. Some mid and high level clouds will stream across
the area later today and tonight.

MARINE...

Northwest winds will gust to around 20 kts from mid morning through
about mid afternoon. Small craft should exercise caution today. This
offshore wind will result in the highest waves out toward open
water. Winds and waves will be lower on Sunday.  But look for
increasing southerly winds by Monday.

&&

.MKX Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
WI...None.
LM...None.
&&

UPDATE...MRC
TODAY/TONIGHT AND AVIATION/MARINE...DDV
Sunday THROUGH Friday...Davis
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 3:07 AM CDT, 11 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
307 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2016

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-090815-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
307 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM FOR FOR AREAS NORTH
AND NORTHWEST OF MADISON INCLUDING PORTAGE...REEDSBURG...BERLIN
AND WESTFIELD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ643>646-090815-
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-
307 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY DUE TO GUSTY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SOUTH WINDS AND WAVES MAY APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING.

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 8:38 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk12 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.