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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

November 4, 2022Door County, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this high wind watch at Nov 4, 2022, 2:28 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Nov 5, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 2022, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 5, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Nov 4, 2022, 1:59 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 00:00Z on 2022-11-04Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2022-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Nov 3, 10:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 10:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1049 PM CDT Thu Nov 3 2022

Updated aviation portion for 06Z TAF issuance

.SHORT TERM...Tonight and Friday
Issued at 321 PM CDT Thu Nov 3 2022

Warm and breezy conditions with shallow cumulus clouds will
prevail across the region through the early evening hours ahead of
an approaching cold front. The approaching cold front will front
showers and scattered thunderstorms from west to east overnight.
The timing will be later this evening across north-central and
portions of central Wisconsin with the activity not arriving over
east-central Wisconsin until Friday morning. Given the slower
timing of the activity adjusted POPs to go with the latest timing
of the front and precipitation. A band of moderate to heavy rain
looks to arrive Friday afternoon as moisture advects into the area
along with mid level frontogenesis. By Friday afternoon PWAT
values surge to 1 to 1.4 inches across central and east-central
Wisconsin, which is around the maximum value for this time of
year.

Lows tonight will still be mild; ranging from around 50 across
north-central Wisconsin, to around 60 across east-central
Wisconsin. Highs on Friday will vary quite a bit with highs in the
50s during the morning across north-central Wisconsin with falling
temperatures during the afternoon behind the cold front and middle
60s across east-central and northeast Wisconsin given the later
arrival of the cold front and push of cold air.

One half to an inch of rain could fall tonight into Friday;
however, given the very dry conditions and low river levels
flooding concerns should remain low.

.LONG TERM...Friday Night Through Thursday
Issued at 321 PM CDT Thu Nov 3 2022

Active weather to start off the long term forecast with widespread
rainfall and strong winds. Then, quiet for a couple days into
early next week. A couple chances for rain late next week, but
still many differences.

Heaviest rain will fall right at the start of the long term
forecast (00Z/Sat) through midday Saturday. Plenty of deep
moisture with pwats of 1.0 to 1.4 inches, which is at or above the
max moving average for GRB sounding climatology--or 200 to 275
percent of normal area wide. Deep lift as well due to potent mid-
level energy and upper level jet streak. CAMs support this trend
showing widespread and steady rain from 00Z to 15Z Saturday, and
then becoming more scattered for the rest of the day. Rain ends
for most by 00Z/Sun as this system rapidly moves off to the
northeast. A few specks on instability still showing up in spots,
so cannot rule out an isolated thunder clap here and there.

Meanwhile, surface low deepens as it moves across Wisconsin from
southwest to northeast Saturday, resulting in very strong S/SW low
level winds, mainly east of the low across the Fox Valley and
east-central/northeast Wisconsin. Winds from 2000 to 5000 feet are
forecast to range from 50 to 60 knots. Soundings show mixing up
to that height from about mid-morning Saturday through the
evening, bringing surface gusts close to 50 mph at times. Will
need to monitor this trend and assess what, if any, potential wind
headlines may be needed. A Gale Warning is almost certain for the
lake and bay.

Dry and less windy weather is expected on Sunday and Monday. By
Tuesday, models diverge and vary on whether the area will get any
rain from an impulse moving up from the Plains. Late in the week,
another system could bring rain to the area--but again, there are
many timing and location issues. Stayed with a blended model
solution which has chance/slight chance PoPs on Tuesday, and
chance PoPs thereafter.

Even with clouds and rain, temperatures will remain near or above
normal through the period.
&&

.AVIATION...for 06Z TAF Issuance
Issued at 1047 PM CDT Thu Nov 3 2022

A slow moving frontal system will continue to cross the area
during the next 12-18 hours, then stall as a strong shortwave
ejects northeast and induces a wave on the front. Strong winds
aloft will result in LLWS ahead of the front tonight. Ceilings
will fall to MVFR with frontal passage, then continue down to IFR
as showers increase across the area. Isolated thunderstorms are
possible. Based on the latest satellite and LDS data, have decided
to include thunder in the KRHI TAF after midnight.
&&

.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM.....Kurimski
LONG TERM......KLJ
AVIATION.......Skowronski
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 3, 2:54 PM CDT, 11 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 2:28 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGRBBrown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, Outagamie and 4 more42 hr
Nov 4, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOneida, Vilas40 min
Nov 4, 3:54 AM CDTGale WarningGRB34 hr
Nov 4, 1:59 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningGRBBrown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie and 1 more30 hr
Nov 4, 3:12 PM CDTStorm WarningGRB34 hr
Nov 4, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBManitowoc46 min

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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.