Hail in Wisconsin, September 11, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
345 PM CDT SAT SEP 11 2004

.SYNOPSIS...LARGE SCALE PATTERN WL BE SLOWLY PROGRESSIVE AND UNDERGO
AMPLIFICATION EARLY IN THE FCST CYCLE...THEN DEAMPLIFY AS THE MEAN TROF
POSN SETTLES OVER THE ROCKIES/PLAINS AND THE MEAN RIDGE HOLDS OVER THE
WRN ATL. THE SWLY UPR FLOW RESULTING FM THE LARGE SCALE AMPLIFICATION WL
LEAD TO A PERIOD OF SIG ABV NORMAL TEMPS EARLY IN THE UPCOMING WORK WK.
THAT WL BE FOLLOWED BY A CHC OF PCPN AS THE WRN TROF EDGES CLOSER TO THE
RGN AND DRIVES A FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPS SHOULD DROP BACK
CLOSER TO...BUT PROBABLY STILL BE A BIT ABV...NORMAL FOR THE REST OF THE
FCST CYCLE.

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. POTENTIAL FOR PCPN EARLY IN THE PERIOD
IS THE MAIN CONCERN. THEN THE FOCUS SHIFTS TO TEMPERATURES.

SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT A NE-SW ORIENTED COLD FRONT HAD MADE IT
ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THE CWA. AN AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE
STATE THIS MORNING...BUT THIS AREA DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. NORTH-CENTRAL WI OBS
SITES HAD NOT REPORTED RAIN WITH THIS AS OF 19Z. SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING AT
KGRB AND 12Z SOUNDINGS FROM KDVN AND KINL WERE MAINLY DRY BUT MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES WERE QUITE STEEP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. LAPS LI VALUES WERE
BELOW ZERO SINCE THIS MORNING AND CAPE EXCEEDED 1000 J/KG FROM NE INTO
CENTRAL WI DURING THE AFTERNOON...SO POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR
THUNDERSTORMS. 12Z NGM AND GFS HOLD ONTO SOME QPF FOR 00Z-06Z TONIGHT
BUT NO PCPN DEVELOPMENT WAS NOTED...UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER 1930Z WHEN A
CELL DEVELOPED IN LANGLADE CO. WAS GOING DRY FOR THE ENTIRE NIGHT...BUT
MAY HAVE TO ADD POPS TO THE EVENING BASED ON LATEST TRENDS.

ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES TOWARD GUIDANCE TONIGHT WITH ETA/NGM/GFS ALL
GIVING GRB THE SAME LOW TEMP. WENT A LITTLE WARMER FOR SUNDAY WITH WAA.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. FAIRLY HIGH AMPLITUDE
UPR FLOW WITH THE REMNANTS OF A MAJOR HURRICANE LIKELY OVER THE ERN U.S.
MAKE ME VERY CAUTIONS ABOUT ACCEPTING THE MODEL TIMING OF THE FRONTAL
SYSTEM EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA TUE. KEPT PCPN OUT OF THE FCST UNTIL
TUE DESPITE MAV AND MET POPS STARTG TO INCR ALREADY MON NGT. TIMING OF
PCPN BEYOND THAT ALSO IN DOUBT AS THE FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL. OPTED TO
KEEP THE REST OF THE FCST DRY FOR NOW BUT MAY NEED TO ADD PCPN FOR ONE
OR TWO OF THOSE FCST PERIODS ONCE IT/S POSSIBLE TO GET A BETTER HANDLE
ON JUST WHEN PCPN WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR.

.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
445 AM CDT SAT SEP 11 2004

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-120945-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-
MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-
WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
445 AM CDT SAT SEP 11 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER THE FORECAST AREA AS A COLD
FRONT SLIDES OVER THE STATE.   A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS...HOWEVER DUE TO MARGINAL INSTABILITY...SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS PASSING OVER
THE REGION WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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