Drought (D2) conditions continued in a small part of northwestern Wisconsin.
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The episode as NWS DLH wrote it up.
Drought (D2) conditions continued in a small part of northwestern Wisconsin.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Sep 30, 11:38 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1238 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012 .AVIATION...06Z TAF ISSUANCE A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHLAND EARLY THIS MORNING. THE RESULT WILL BE A CHANGE IN WINDS FROM A LIGHT SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TO THE NORTHWEST. AN AREA OF LOW CLOUDS/BR/FG MAY IMPACT KDLH BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE A DRY FRONT...WITH MAINLY MID AND HIGH CLOUDS...BUT A FEW SPRINKLES OR AN ISOLATED SHOWER WILL BE POSSIBLE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 818 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012/ AVIATION.../00Z TAF ISSUANCE/ VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE TAF PERIOD. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY...SWITCHING WINDS FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TO THE NORTHWEST. A FEW SPRINKLES OR SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE BUT THE FRONT SHOULD GENERALLY MOVE THROUGH DRY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 316 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012/ SHORT TERM...SFC HIGH HAD DRIFTED OVER NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR AS OF 20Z WITH DRY AIR ENTRENCHED OVER THE FA. SFC WIND WAS TURNING FROM THE SE TO THE S AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING A COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST MINNESOTA BY MIDNIGHT AND NW WI BY 12Z MONDAY. EXPECT THIS TO BE A DRY FROPA WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM ALL MODELS WHICH ARE DRY BELOW 10K FT. HAVE ADDED A MENTION OF PATCHY FOG TO THE NEAR SHORE WATERS FROM TWO HARBORS TO THE TWIN PORTS AND PORT WING WI AS WELL AS INLAND TO SUW WHICH THE LATEST HI RES MODELS HRRR AND NARRE AGREE ON THIS DEVELOPMENT. BEHIND THE FRONT LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY A NW WIND IS EXPECTED AND IT WILL HELP USHER IN COOLER AIR. HOWEVER...WITH PLENTY OF SUN EXPECTED...LOOK FOR MAX TEMPS IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70 NEAR PBH AND BRD. THE SFC RIDGE AXIS OVERLAYS THE FA MONDAY NIGHT AND EXPECT RADIATIONAL COOLING WITH A CLEARING SKY TO PRODUCE MIN TEMPS IN THE 30S...TO AROUND 45 NEAR PBH. THE WARMER TEMPS NEAR PBH ARE DUE TO LINGERING CLOUDS. LONG TERM...[TUESDAY - SATURDAY]... SNOW IS APPEARING MORE AND MORE LIKELY FOR LATER THIS WEEK. THE EXPECTED TREND IS FOR WARMER THAN NORMAL WEATHER ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY TO COME TO AN END BY THURSDAY WHEN A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE SYSTEM...WHICH THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH...WILL USHER IN RAIN AND MUCH COLDER WEATHER FOR THURSDAY. THE PCPN COULD TRANSITION TO SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE THURSDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF RAIN AND SNOW COULD CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE COLD WEATHER STICKS AROUND IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM. IT IS UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT WHETHER THE SNOW WILL HAPPEN...BUT IT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. DO NOT WANT TO MAKE ANY GUESSES ABOUT ACCUMULATION AT THIS POINT SINCE THE SYSTEM IS STILL FAR OUT. AT THIS POINT...DID NOT FORECAST ANY PERIODS OF PURE SNOW...BUT SOME PERIODS OF A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE. AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/ VFR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS NE MINNESOTA AND NW WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SWITCH TO NORTHWESTERLY TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT...AND THE WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TOMORROW MORNING. THERE MAY BE FOG SOUTH OF KDLH...BUT AT THIS TIME...DO NOT THINK IT WILL AFFECT THE TERMINAL. THERE MAY BE ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW MORNING NEAR KDLH AND KHIB. && .POINT TEMPS/POPS... DLH 65 39 63 45 / 10 0 0 0 INL 64 33 66 43 / 10 0 0 0 BRD 68 35 70 45 / 10 0 0 0 HYR 66 39 68 45 / 10 10 0 0 ASX 67 39 64 46 / 10 10 0 0 && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. LS...NONE. && AVIATION...CANNON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1217 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-011045- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 1217 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...EARLY THIS MORNING LOCALIZED DENSE FOG WILL BE FOUND AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH SUNRISE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED EARLY THIS MORNING. LSZ121-140>148-011045- 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- 1217 AM CDT MON OCT 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...EARLY THIS MORNING NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GRANING MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought conditions persisted in western Burnett County.
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