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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this wind advisory at Dec 24, 2022, 3:16 PM CST for Cook County, Lake County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2022, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2022, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Cook County, MN, Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 437 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Dec 23, 5:36 PM CST, 21 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 5:36 PM CST, 21 hours 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 3:32 PM CST, 23 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Duluth MN 332 PM CST Fri Dec 23 2022 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-242145- Koochiching-North St. Louis-Northern Cook/Northern Lake- North Itasca-Central St. Louis-Southern Lake/North Shore- Southern Cook/North Shore-North Cass-South Itasca-South Cass- Crow Wing-Northern Aitkin-South Aitkin-Carlton/South St. Louis- Pine-Douglas-Bayfield-Ashland-Iron-Burnett-Washburn-Sawyer-Price- 332 PM CST Fri Dec 23 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight Gusty northwest winds and an Arctic airmass are creating wind chill values of 25 to 40 below zero. The strong winds are creating blowing snow resulting in very limited visibility. Heavy lake effect snow is occurring along the South Shore and near whiteout conditions on the North Shore, both creating localized Blizzard conditions. See the latest Winter Weather Message for more details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Strong northwesterly winds will last through Saturday night. Any remaining snow loaded trees could fall and lead to tree damage and possible power outages. Blizzard conditions are expected to continue along the North and South Shore until Saturday night. Wind chill values will remain at 25 to 40 below zero through Saturday night. Light to locally moderate snowfall may occur in north-central Minnesota Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Snow spotters are requested to report their snowfall measurements today and tonight to the National Weather Service. LSZ121-140>148-150-242145- Bayfield to Oak Point WI-Grand Portage to Grand Marais MN- Grand Marais to Taconite Harbor MN- Taconite Harbor to Silver Bay Harbor MN- Silver Bay Harbor to Two Harbors MN-Two Harbors to Duluth MN- Duluth MN to Port Wing WI-Port Wing to Sand Island WI- Sand Island to Bayfield WI-Oak Point to Saxon Harbor WI- Outer Apostle Islands Beyond 5 NM from Mainland- 332 PM CST Fri Dec 23 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Superior and the Nearshore waters of western Lake Superior. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight Strong northwest winds are creating high wave heights and gale to storm force gusts of 40 to 55 knots. Heavy freezing spray is also expected across western Lake Superior. See the latest Marine Weather Message for more details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Widespread gales and occasional storm force gusts, along with heavy freezing spray, are expected through Saturday night. NLY More information may be obtained at the following web address: http://www.weather.gov/duluth
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 3:37 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 28 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.