Winter Weather Advisory 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1013 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016

.AVIATION/18Z TAFS/...VFR SKC CONTINUES WITH HIGH PRESSURE
DOMINATING WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. 700 MILLIBAR RH ON THE
INCREASE BUT NOT UNTIL AFTER 06Z. IN FACT...MODELS KEEP MUCH OF
NE CWA LARGELY CLOUD FREE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. SFC RIDGE AXIS
POSITIONED ACROSS FAR ERN WI AT 06Z AND THEN INTO THE OH VLY LATER
IN THE NIGHT. LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SPREADING ACROSS SRN
WI SUNDAY MORNING IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LLVL WAA AND APPCHNG
SHORTWAVE. CONSIDERABLE LOW AND MID LEVEL DRY AIR PER BUFKIT IS
PROGGD TO SATURATE RAPIDLY IN A TOP/DOWN FASHION DURING THE
MORNING AS VERTICAL MOTION FIELD RAMPS UP WITHIN A DEEP DENDRITIC
GROWTH ZONE. HARD TO ARGUE WITH THE TRENDS IN MOS WITH CIGS/VSBYS
SHOWING A LOWERING TREND TO IFR LEVELS. ATTM EXPECTING NO MAJOR
SNOWFALL ACCUMS OR TIMING.

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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 349 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016/

TODAY AND TONIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH.

TEMPS THIS MORNING ARE NOT AS COLD AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT THUS WIND
CHILL TEMPS ARE SLIGHTLY WARMER AS WELL. THE WIND CHILLS TEMPS
HOWEVER WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE CRITERIA TO MAINTAIN THE
ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM. OTHERWISE THE LARGE ARCTIC HIGH WILL SLOWLY
MOVE ACROSS SRN WI THIS AFT AND EVE. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM 9-14F.

FOR TNT...VERY COLD TEMPS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED WITH LIGHT WINDS AND
CLEAR SKIES MUCH OF THE NIGHT. HIGH CLOUDS WILL THEN INCREASE FROM
WEST TO EAST MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG SHORTWAVE
TROUGH MOVING FROM ERN WY TO WRN IA. RISING TEMPS ARE EXPECTED
TOWARD MORNING.

SUNDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE...HIGH

SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH CURRENT FORECAST
TOTALS RANGING FROM 2.5 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST...TO 5 INCHES FAR
SOUTHWEST. SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS LEADING
PUSH OF WARM ADVECTION MOVES IN. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE AS A
SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME DIFFERENCES AMONG
MODELS WITH THE STRENGTH AND PLACEMENT OF THE WAVE...BUT ENOUGH
OVERLAP BETWEEN SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH POPS. A SECOND WEAKER WAVE WILL
KEEP THE SNOW GOING INTO THE NIGHT...TAPERING OFF WEST TO EAST THE
SECOND HALF OF THE NIGHT.

GENERALLY WENT WITH A 20 TO 1 SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO FOR THIS SYSTEM
GIVEN THICKNESSES AND TEMPS. ONE THING TO NOTE THOUGH IS A VERY DEEP
SATURATED LAYER WITHIN THE DENDRITE GROWTH ZONE...FROM THE SURFACE
TO AROUND 600 MB. IF SOME OF THE BETTER LIFT ENDS UP IN THIS DEEP
DGZ...MAY END UP WITH HIGHER SNOW RATIOS.

COULD SEE A LITTLE LAKE ENHANCEMENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PARTICULARLY FROM MILWAUKEE NORTHWARD. SFC TO 850 MB MEAN
WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST FOR A TIME...WITH SFC TO 850 TEMP DIFFERENCE
OF 13-15C. NOT EXPECTING THIS TO ADD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT TO
SYSTEM TOTALS...AS THE ENHANCEMENT LOOKS BORDERLINE AND FAIRLY
BRIEF.

MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM

A WEAK WAVE IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH MONDAY...BUT MOISTURE AND
LIFT ARE VERY LIMITED...SO WENT DRY.

YET ANOTHER WAVE IS EXPECTED TUESDAY...BUT THE BULK OF MOISTURE/LIFT
WILL REMAIN SOUTH NEAR THE SURFACE LOW. STILL...COULD SEE A FEW
SNOWFLAKES AS THE WAVE MOVES THROUGH...SO KEPT SOME LOW POPS.

SHOULD BE DRY WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES AMONG MODELS FOR TEMPS THE FIRST HALF OF
NEXT WEEK...BUT AN OVERALL CONSENSUS BLEND SUGGESTS NEAR TO A BIT
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS MONDAY/TUESDAY. LOOKS COLDER THEN WEDNESDAY
BEHIND THE DEPARTING TROUGH.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM

LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN SOUTHERLY THURSDAY AS STRENGTHENING HIGH
PRESSURE SHIFTS EASTWARD...WHILE A STRONG LOW APPROACHES FROM THE
WEST. TEMPS WILL RECOVER BACK TO A BIT ABOVE NORMAL...LIKELY GETTING
EVEN MILDER FRIDAY AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH BY EVENING.

PRECIP MAY DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE LOW...WITH RAIN OR
FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING...DEPENDING ON TEMPS AS THE
PRECIP ARRIVES. MODELS SUGGEST ALL RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS MILDER
AIR CONTINUES TO PUSH IN TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. RAIN CHANCES ARE
THEN FORECAST TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

AVIATION/12Z TAFS/...VFR CONDITIONS AND MO CLEAR SKIES TODAY AND
THIS EVENING. HIGH CLOUDS INCREASING AFTER 06Z TNT WITH SNOW
EXPECTED FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY. CIGS TO DROP TO AT LEAST 1
KFT WITH VSBYS TO 1 MILE ON SUN WITH THE SNOW.

MARINE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 9 AM. THE BRISK NWLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
GRADUALLY WEAKEN TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
THE WAVES WILL FALL BELOW 4 FEET WITH HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY
COMING TO AN END BY 9 AM.

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.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
LM...NONE.
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TODAY/TONIGHT AND AVIATION/MARINE...GEHRING
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...DDV

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
903 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-141515-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
903 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS IOWA AND NORTHERN
ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SHOULD BE SOUTH AND WEST OF
MADISON WITH PERHAPS 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE POWDERY
NATURE OF THE SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT THOUGH ANY
SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

LMZ643>646-141515-
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-
903 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING FOR
BRISK SOUTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

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