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Frost Advisory 15, NWS Green Bay, WI

October 21, 20216 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this frost advisory at Oct 21, 2021, 2:17 PM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 22, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 2021, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 22, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 22, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 2021-10-21Temperature 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°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 2021-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

892 
WWUS73 KGRB 211917
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
217 PM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021

WIZ038>040-048>050-220330-
/O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0015.211022T0500Z-211022T1300Z/
Outagamie-Brown-Kewaunee-Winnebago-Calumet-Manitowoc-
Including the cities of Green Bay, Brillion, Menasha, Neenah, Two
Rivers, Manitowoc, Chilton, Luxemburg, New Holstein, Appleton,
Oshkosh, and Kewaunee
217 PM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT 
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Kewaunee and 
  Outagamie Counties.

* WHEN...From Midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive 
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information, visit us at http://www.weather.gov/GreenBay

Kallas
2 follow-up statements
735 
WWUS73 KGRB 220322
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1022 PM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021

WIZ038>040-048>050-221300-
/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0015.211022T0500Z-211022T1300Z/
Outagamie-Brown-Kewaunee-Winnebago-Calumet-Manitowoc-
Including the cities of Green Bay, Brillion, Menasha, Neenah, Two
Rivers, Manitowoc, Chilton, Luxemburg, New Holstein, Appleton,
Oshkosh, and Kewaunee
1022 PM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 30 degrees will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Kewaunee and 
  Outagamie Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive 
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information, visit us at http://www.weather.gov/GreenBay

Cooley
368 
WWUS73 KGRB 220844
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
344 AM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021

WIZ038>040-048>050-221300-
/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-211022T1300Z/
Outagamie-Brown-Kewaunee-Winnebago-Calumet-Manitowoc-
Including the cities of Green Bay, Brillion, Menasha, Neenah, Two
Rivers, Manitowoc, Chilton, Luxemburg, New Holstein, Appleton,
Oshkosh, and Kewaunee
344 AM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 30 degrees will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Calumet, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Brown, Kewaunee and 
  Outagamie Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive 
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information, visit us at http://www.weather.gov/GreenBay

Kurimski

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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.