Hail in Wisconsin, May 6, 2002

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
314 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2002

FORECAST CONCERNS FOR THIS PACKAGE CONTINUE TO BE PRECIPITATION
CHANCES AND TIMING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ALONG WITH
TEMPERATURES.

18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...TO JUST NORTH OF LA CROSSE...TO NEAR STEVENS
POINT. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AREAS ALONG AND TO THE
SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WITH FEW CLOUDS...WITH AREA BEGINNING TO SEE
CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT. DEWPOINTS HAVE RISEN TO NEAR 60 OVER MUCH OF
THE FORECAST AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 70S TO THE SOUTH
OF THE BOUNDARY. WATCH HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA
THROUGH 8 PM AS CONVECTION BEGINNING TO FIRE.

12Z MODELS DIFFER WITH THEIR HANDLING OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY...WITH
THE ETA PUSHING IT FARTHER SOUTH VERSUS THE AVN. THIS IMPACTS BOTH
TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPAITION CHANCES. WILL LEAN TOWARD THE ETA
SOLUTION AS ITS BETTER RESOLUTION WITH REGARDS TO HANDLING PUSH OF
COLDER AIR.

IN THE SHORT TERM...BOUNDARY TO SAG SLOWLY SOUTHWARD LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO
THE SOUTH MAY SPARK SOME CONVECTION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
OTHERWISE BOUNDARY TO PUSH SOUTH WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN ITS
WAKE.

ON TUESDAY...BOUNDARY SETTLES TO OUR SOUTH WITH COOL EAST-NORTHEAST
LOW LOW LEVEL FLOW ACROSS AREA. MODELS KEEP MOST PRECIPAITION WELL
TO OUR SOUTH AND HAVE LOWERED POPS BACK A LITTLE. WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH STRONG MOISTURE
TRANSPORT NORTHWARD. MCS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ON NOSE OF JET...BUT
EXACT LOCATION STILL UNCERTAIN. MOST LIKELY AREAS WOULD BE IN
VICINITY OF WESTERN IOWA/NORTHERN MISSOURI AND THEN TRACK EAST
NORTHEAST. MEANWHILE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TO DROP OUT OF THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AND HEAD FOR THE GREAT LAKES REGION. ENOUGH FORCING BETWEEN
THESE TWO SYSTEM TO KEEP LIKELY POPS GOING BOTH TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. SHORTWAVE EXITS ON THURSDAY WITH SOME DRYING/SUBSIDENCE
SETTLING IN FOR THURSDAY AS HIGH BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

IN THE 4 TO 7 DAY TIME FRAME...HAVE BACKED AWAY FROM POPS ON FRIDAY
AS HIGH HANGS ON AND RETURN FLOW REMAINS TO OUR WEST. WARM
ADVECTION TAKING OVER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION.

HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE COOLER MAV NUMBERS GIVEN THE COOL NORTHEAST
FLOW/CLOUDS AND SHOWERS NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.LSE...NONE.

RABERDING

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
100 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2002

HAZARD - SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.

TIMING - THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LOCATION - ALL OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND
SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

DISCUSSION - A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT FROM NORTHEAST WISCONSIN INTO
NORTHWEST IOWA WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY EAST TODAY. A MOIST...AND
WEAK TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA SOUTH
OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT...AND A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG
IT...ARE EXPECTED TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ALONG WITH THE INSTABILITY...WIND
PROFILES SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE WEATHER SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
A OSAGE IOWA TO TOMAH WISCONSIN LINE. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WOULD
BE LARGE HAIL.

SPOTTER INFORMATION - SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BECOME NECESSARY
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

RIECK/RRS