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Frost Advisory 9, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 27, 20214 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this frost advisory at May 27, 2021, 2:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 28, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2021, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
In effect from
May 28, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 28, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

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

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2021-05-27Temperature 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 2021-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -107 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
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

768 
WWUS73 KGRB 271953
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
253 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

WIZ005-010>012-280400-
/O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0009.210528T0500Z-210528T1200Z/
Vilas-Oneida-Forest-Florence-
Including the cities of Commonwealth, Spread Eagle, Rhinelander,
Aurora, Crandon, Lac Du Flambeau, and Eagle River
253 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

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

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

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

* WHEN...From Midnight tonight to 7 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

Kurimski
2 follow-up statements
279 
WWUS73 KGRB 280253
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
953 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

WIZ005-010>012-281200-
/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0009.210528T0500Z-210528T1200Z/
Vilas-Oneida-Forest-Florence-
Including the cities of Commonwealth, Spread Eagle, Rhinelander,
Aurora, Crandon, Lac Du Flambeau, and Eagle River
953 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures dropping into the low 30s will pose a hazard 
  to cold-sensitive plants.

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

* WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...The cold could harm 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
825 
WWUS73 KGRB 281202
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
702 AM CDT Fri May 28 2021

WIZ005-010>012-281315-
/O.EXP.KGRB.FR.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-210528T1200Z/
Vilas-Oneida-Forest-Florence-
Including the cities of Commonwealth, Spread Eagle, Rhinelander,
Aurora, Crandon, Lac Du Flambeau, and Eagle River
702 AM CDT Fri May 28 2021

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Temperatures have risen into the middle to upper 30s, therefore the 
Frost Advisory has been allowed to expire. Additional headlines are 
anticipated tonight with cold temperatures expected across the 
region.

$$

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 27, 3:20 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB43 hr
May 27, 4:37 AM CDTBeach Hazards StatementGRBDoor, Kewaunee, Manitowoc44 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.