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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

October 17, 2021Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this frost advisory at Oct 17, 2021, 2:39 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 18, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2021, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2021-10-17Temperature 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 2021-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

801 
WWUS73 KMKX 171939
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
239 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

WIZ046-047-180345-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FR.Y.0006.211018T0600Z-211018T1300Z/
Marquette-Green Lake-
Including the cities of Montello, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, 
Endeavor, Berlin, Princeton, and Markesan
239 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Marquette and Green Lake Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Halbach
3 follow-up statements
356 
WWUS73 KMKX 180148
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
848 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

WIZ046-047-181000-
/O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0006.211018T0600Z-211018T1300Z/
Marquette-Green Lake-
Including the cities of Montello, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, 
Endeavor, Berlin, Princeton, and Markesan
848 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Marquette and Green Lake Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
DDV
195 
WWUS73 KMKX 180759
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
259 AM CDT Mon Oct 18 2021

WIZ046-047-181300-
/O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211018T1300Z/
Marquette-Green Lake-
Including the cities of Montello, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, 
Endeavor, Berlin, Princeton, and Markesan
259 AM CDT Mon Oct 18 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Marquette and Green Lake Counties.

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

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
529 
WWUS73 KMKX 181247
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
747 AM CDT Mon Oct 18 2021

WIZ046-047-181400-
/O.EXP.KMKX.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211018T1300Z/
Marquette-Green Lake-
Including the cities of Montello, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, 
Endeavor, Berlin, Princeton, and Markesan
747 AM CDT Mon Oct 18 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures will gradually warm through the morning hours.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 3:06 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX16 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.