A lack of precipitation throughout September 2012 resulted in drought becoming severe in southwest Burnett County of Wisconsin.
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The episode as NWS DLH wrote it up.
A lack of precipitation throughout September 2012 resulted in drought becoming severe in southwest Burnett County of 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 25, 5:33 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 633 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 .AVIATION...12Z TAFS MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD. THERE IS SOME 4-5KFT CEILINGS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH ONTARIO INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WE ADDED THEM INTO THE KINL/KHIB/KDLH TAFS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS FORECASTS. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE KINL COULD DROP TO MVFR CEILINGS...BUT WE JUST ADDED A SCT TO THAT TAF FOR NOW. THE MODELS DIFFER IN HOW EXTENSIVE THE CLOUDS WILL BE TODAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF BROKEN 4-5KFT IS HIGHEST AT KINL/KHIB. WINDS WILL BE UNDER 10 KT FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD...AND BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AGAIN TONIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 301 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012/ SHORT TERM...A SFC RIDGE AXIS WAS BUILDING INTO THE FA FROM A HIGH CENTER IN SASKATCHEWAN AT 06Z. A FEW CLOUDS ACROSS NW WI WERE IN RESPONSE TO CHANNELED VORTICITY ACROSS THE MN ARROWHEAD INTO UPPER MI. THESE CLOUDS WILL MOVE OFF/DISSIPATE BY 12Z AS DRY AIR FROM THE RIDGE OVERCOMES REMAINING MOISTURE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE DEW POINTS IN THE 20S AGAIN TODAY WHEN MIXED DOWN FROM 900MB AND FOLLOWED THIS SCENARIO. MAX TEMPS WILL BE COOLER THAN YESTERDAY WITH UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. THE HIGH PARKS ITSELF OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NW FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING COOL TEMPS AT 850 MB OVER THE FA TONIGHT WITH WEAK WAA FOR WEDNESDAY. WITH MIXING...MAX TEMPS WILL BE AGAIN IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. MOST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE DRY. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL LEAD TO DRY CONDITIONS THURSDAY. THE UPPER FLOW IS FORECAST TO AMPLIFY WITH A SMALL CUTOFF LOW OR SHORTWAVE MOVING OVER THE DAKOTAS AND RIDGING OVER THE TOP OF THIS FEATURE. THE UPPER FLOW WILL BECOME MORE NORTHERLY. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SHORTWAVE BENEATH THIS RIDGE IN WEAK FLOW IS HANDLED DIFFERENTLY AMONG THE MODELS. THE BOTTOM LINE THOUGH IS IT SHOULD REMAIN DRY FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. THE MODELS DO GET INTO BETTER AGREEMENT SATURDAY SENDING THE WEAK MID LEVEL LOW/SHORTWAVE SOUTHWEST OF THE REGION. THE MODELS ALSO HANDLE A DEEPER UPPER LOW OVER HUDSON BAY DIFFERENTLY. THE ECMWF DROPS IT FROM HUDSON BAY THURSDAY TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION THIS WEEKEND. THE GFS IS FURTHER EAST AND HAS MORE OF AN ELONGATED UPPER TROUGH. THE RESULT WILL BE DRY CONDITIONS THOUGH...ALTHOUGH IF THE ECMWF IS CORRECT THE NORTHLAND COULD BE UNDER MORE CLOUD COVER. && .POINT TEMPS/POPS... DLH 58 37 59 38 / 0 0 0 0 INL 56 30 60 33 / 0 0 0 0 BRD 62 37 62 36 / 0 0 0 0 HYR 60 31 59 31 / 0 0 0 0 ASX 60 35 59 34 / 0 0 0 0 && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. LS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...GSF LONG TERM....MELDE AVIATION...MELDE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 437 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-261030- 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- 437 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-261030- 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- 437 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GSF 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.
Moderate drought across Burnett County, WI became reclassified as severe on the morning of September 25th.
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