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Frost Advisory 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 26, 2021Florence County, Forest County, Vilas County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this frost advisory at May 26, 2021, 2:24 PM CDT for Florence County, Forest County, Vilas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 27, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2021, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
In effect from
May 27, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 27, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Vilas County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 128 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2021-05-26Temperature 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 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

915 
WWUS73 KGRB 261924
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
224 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

WIZ005-011-012-270330-
/O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0008.210527T0500Z-210527T1200Z/
Vilas-Forest-Florence-
Including the cities of Commonwealth, Spread Eagle, Lac Du
Flambeau, Aurora, Crandon, and Eagle River
224 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT 
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Vilas, Florence and Forest Counties.

* WHEN...From Midnight tonight to 7 AM CDT Thursday.

* 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
2 follow-up statements
062 
WWUS73 KGRB 270209
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
909 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

WIZ005-011-012-271200-
/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0008.210527T0500Z-210527T1200Z/
Vilas-Forest-Florence-
Including the cities of Commonwealth, Spread Eagle, Lac Du
Flambeau, Aurora, Crandon, and Eagle River
909 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Low temperatures in the 30s may result in some frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Vilas, Florence and Forest Counties.

* WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm cold-sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Cold-sensitive outdoor plants should be covered or brought indoors.

&&

$$

For more information, visit us at http://www.weather.gov/GreenBay
178 
WWUS73 KGRB 271202
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
702 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

WIZ005-011-012-271315-
/O.EXP.KGRB.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-210527T1200Z/
Vilas-Forest-Florence-
Including the cities of Commonwealth, Spread Eagle, Lac Du
Flambeau, Aurora, Crandon, and Eagle River
702 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Temperatures have risen into the upper 30s, therefore the Frost 
Advisory has been allowed to expire.

$$

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

Kurimski

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRBWood3 hr
May 25, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarinette, Oconto47 min
May 25, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB91 min
May 25, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB62 min
May 25, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBPortage, Waupaca, Wood46 min
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaushara45 min
May 26, 10:15 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB15 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.