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Special Weather Statement, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 6, 2016Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special weather statement at Mar 6, 2016, 9:24 PM CST for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2016, 9:24 PM CST (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2016, 10:00 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

County Fond du Lac County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2016-03-07Temperature 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 2016-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 603 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1344 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
603 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
758 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 special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 6, 3:20 PM CST, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 3:20 PM CST, 6 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
320 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016

.TONIGHT AND MONDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE - MEDIUM.

MAY STILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS THIS EVENING AS MOISTURE/TEMPS CONTINUE
TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. LOOKS LIKE MAINLY ISOLATED COVERAGE
...SO KEPT POPS LOW.

WITH LOW LEVEL JET OVERHEAD TONIGHT...WINDS WILL NOT GET VERY LIGHT.
ADDITIONALLY...EXPECTING A FAIR AMOUNT OF CLOUDS. THESE FACTORS
ALONG WITH CONTINUED WARMING ALOFT WILL RESULT IN MILD LOW TEMPS
TONIGHT. WENT A TOUCH ABOVE A CONSENSUS MODEL BLEND.

A BIG SURGE OF LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN INCREASING CLOUDS
AND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS MONDAY...MAINLY LATE MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON. SHOULD BE A PRETTY MILD DAY TOMORROW...WITH HIGHS IN THE
MID TO UPPER 50S MOST PLACES. IT WILL BE COOLER ALONG THE LAKE
MICHIGAN SHORE...PARTICULARLY IN PLACES THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE
LAKE AIRMASS UNDER A SOUTHERLY FLOW. WINDS WILL HAVE A BIT OF AN
EASTERLY COMPONENT NORTH OF MILWAUKEE...SO COOLEST TEMPS EXPECTED
THERE ALONG THE SHORE.

.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE - MEDIUM
TRENDING LOW.

PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER MILD...MORE HUMID AIR
INTO SRN WI FOR BULK OF THIS PERIOD. COLUMN PWAT IN THE PROCESS OF
INCREASING TO AROUND THREE QUARTERS INCH BY THIS EVENING...WITH
ANOTHER SURGE OF DEEPER MOISTURE ELEVATING PWAT TO OVER AN INCH BY
MON EVE.  WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS PLENTY OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE
SPREADING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM THE SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF
VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE OVER CENTRAL CA. THIS WAVE ALONG WITH A SECOND
EVEN STRONGER UPSTREAM WAVE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL RESULT IN
AMPLIFYING TROFFING OVER WESTERN CONUS NEXT 24 HOURS.  THE END
RESULT WILL BE STRONGER SOUTHERLY STEERING CURRENTS INTO THE WESTERN
GTLAKES.  SEVERAL PERIODS OF SHRA POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS PERIOD AS
PIECES OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY GET EJECTED NORTHEAST FROM UPSTREAM
DIGGERING TROF.  STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET OVER STATES TO THE WEST
MONDAY NIGHT WILL PIVOT NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
THIS WILL BRING A HIGHER CHANCE FOR SHRA ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS
PERIOD.  LITTLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY WITH STRONG CAPPING INVERSION
SO WL REMOVE THUNDER THREAT.

LOW LEVEL JET REDEVELOPS TUESDAY NIGHT AS SLOW MOVING...WEAKENING
COLD FRONT MOVES INTO SRN WI.  CONSISTENT ECMWF CARRIES WEAK FRONT
OUT OF SOUTHEAST WI ON AS DOES GEM-NH WHILE GFS AND NOW 18Z NAM
WEAKEN FRONT RIGHT OVER CENTRAL/ERN WI.  SLIGHTLY BETTER ELEVATED
INSTABILITY TUESDAY NIGHT SO WL CONTINUE SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDER
AND CARRY SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS ACROSS AREA INTO WED DUE TO LINGERING
BOUNDARY.

.EXTENDED PERIOD...

WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE - LOW.

SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SHOW UP IMMEDIATELY BETWEEN ECMWF AND GFS
SOLUTIONS.  MORE CONSISTENT ECMWF SHOWING STRONGER SPLIT FLOW ACROSS
MIDWEST.  MORE PROGRESSIVE ZONAL TO SW STEERING FLOW WOULD CARRY
STRONG SFC FRONT EWD ACROSS WESTERN GTLAKES WED NGT AND EARLY THU.
GEM-NH INITIALLY MORE PROGRESSIVE AS WELL WHILE LATEST DETERMINISTIC
GFS SHOWING MUCH SLOWER EWD PROGRESSION AND MORE SOUTHWEST UPPER
LEVEL STEERING FLOW.  GFS AND GEM ALSO CARRY LOW PRESSURE ALONG
FRONT TO THE SOUTHEAST OF WI...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN MORE RAIN
ACROSS SE WI WED NGT INTO THU MRNG.  THINKING GFS MAY BE PREMATURE
IN BRINGING CUTOFF LOW NWD OUT OF OLD MEXICO ON WED SO LEANING
TOWARD DRIER...MORE PROGRESSIVE ECMWF.  LATEST DGEX ALSO IN THIS
DRIER CAMP FOR WED NGT AND THU.  WPC FAVORING A BLEND OF ECMWF AND
GEFS BLEND.  DUE TO UNCERTAINTY...WL CONTINUE TO CARRY CHANCE POPS
FOR -SHRA ACROSS SRN WI INTO THU.

CUTOFF UPPER LOW OVER OLD MEXICO WL EVENTUALLY GET NUDGED NEWD DUE
TO PIECE OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY PUSHING ASHORE IN CA FRI NGT.  WHILE
ZONAL FLOW WEAKENS ACROSS THE MIDWEST ON SATURDAY...SHORT WAVE
RIDGING AHEAD OF SRN PLAINS LOW WL RESULT IN DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS
FOR THE START OF THE WEEKEND.  SORRY LAKESHORE AREAS BUT MILD WILL
NOT APPLY DUE TO ONSHORE FLOW KEEPING DAYTIME TEMPS MOSTLY IN THE
40S.  GFS AND ECMWF ALSO DIVERGE ON TRACK AND STRENGTH OF NORTHEAST
DRIFTING LOW OVER THE WEEKEND. GFS FASTER AND FARTHER TO THE
SOUTHEAST WILE EMWCF USHERS GRADUALLY DEEPER MOISTURE BACK INTO THE
REGION ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR -SHRA ON SUNDAY.  ALL IN ALL
CONFIDENCE LOW ON SHOWER THREAT AND WL LIKELY HAVE WISHY-WASHY LOWER
POPS FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD.  BETTER CONFIDENCE IN
TEMPERATURES HOLDING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS PERIOD
WITH THE COOLEST DAYTIME TEMPS BY LAKE MI DUE TO EXPECTED ONSHORE
FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION/00Z TAFS/...

VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS
DEVELOP IN THE WEST BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SMALL CHANCES
LINGERING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA INTO TONIGHT.

EXPECTING A BIGGER PUSH OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MONDAY...WHICH WILL
RESULT IN SOMEWHAT HIGHER RAIN CHANCES. ALSO...HIGHER DEWPOINTS
ADVECTING ACROSS LINGERING SNOW COVER AND A COLD GROUND WILL MAY
RESULT IN SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES. AT THE VERY LEAST...IT LOOKS
LIKE CIGS WILL GO BACK DOWN TO AT LEAST MVFR TOMORROW.

CURRENT WIND SHEAR IN TAFS SEEMS REASONABLE PER LATEST GUIDANCE.

&&

.MARINE...

TIMING OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATER TONIGHT STILL LOOKS
GOOD AS GUSTY SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE.

WINDS WILL BE A BIT LIGHTER MONDAY...WITH SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY.

INCREASING MOISTURE OVER THE CHILLY NEARSHORE WATERS WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN FOG AT TIMES THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

WI...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVY LMZ643>646 UNTIL 09Z/07.

TONIGHT AND MONDAY/AVIATION/MARINE...DDV
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MBK
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 7:10 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
710 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-080115-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
710 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL
THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ643>646-080115-
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-
710 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT DUE TO
BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

BREEZY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS TO NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR. ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.

DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS
WARM...MOIST AIR MOVES ACROSS THE COLD LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS.

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 7:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMarquette27 min
Mar 6, 7:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk33 min
Mar 6, 7:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen Lake28 min
Mar 6, 8:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake48 min
Mar 6, 9:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson45 min
Mar 6, 9:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac37 min
Mar 6, 10:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac26 min
Mar 6, 10:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac32 min
Mar 6, 10:58 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSheboygan32 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2016Every special weather statement 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.