Severe drought (D2) conditions that developed in parts of Lincoln County, Oneida County and Vilas County in November 2012 continued into February 2013.
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The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
Severe drought (D2) conditions that developed in parts of Lincoln County, Oneida County and Vilas County in November 2012 continued into February 2013.
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 Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 31, 10:47 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1047 PM CST MON DEC 31 2012 UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE .UPDATE...BASED ON LATEST TRENDS...NEEDED TO LOWER MIN TEMPS SEVERAL DEGREES...ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF C/NC WI. TOOK MIN TEMPS AS LOW AS -13 F IN THE TYPICAL COLD SPOTS. CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY OF ISSUING A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...BUT WINDS MAY DECOUPLE WHERE THE TEMPS ARE COLDEST...RESULTING IN ONLY SPOTTY WIND CHILLS AT OR BELOW -20 F IN PARTS OF C/NC WI. KIECKBUSCH && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 613 PM CST MON DEC 31 2012... SHORT TERM...TNGT AND TUE. MAIN FCST ISSUE TO BE ON THE COLD TEMPS WHICH WL BE THE COLDEST OF THE SEASON THUS FAR. THE 20Z MSAS SFC ANALYSIS SHOWED A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRES OVER EXTREME W-CNTRL QUEBEC WITH A CDFNT STRETCHED SWWD THRU LWR MI... ALL THE WAY TO SE KS. A LARGE AREA OF HI PRES WAS SITUATED OVER THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS WITH NW WINDS OVER THE WRN GREAT LAKES. VSBL SATL IMAGERY INDICATED THAT DRIER AIR OVER WRN WI WAS STARTING TO PUSH FARTHER EAST WITH CLEARING SKIES REACHING CNTRL AND PARTS OF FAR NE WI. OTHERWISE...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHWRS CONTINUED OVER N-CNTRL WI...ALBEIT RATHER LIGHT SNOW. PREVAILING NW WINDS...COUPLED WITH 8H TEMPS AROUND -18C OVER WRN LAKE SUPERIOR...WL CONT TO DRAW LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHWRS/FLURRIES INTO N-CNTRL WI (PRIMARILY VILAS CNTY) TNGT. AS THE AREA OF HI PRES BUILDS INTO THE UPR MS VALLEY/MIDWEST OVRNGT...THE COMBINATION OF BACKING WINDS AND INFLUX OF DRIER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN THE SNOW BANDS WITH TIME. NRN PARTS OF VILAS CNTY COULD STILL PICK UP ANOTHER HALF-INCH OR SO TNGT...BUT NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. THE REST OF NE WI SHOULD SEE THE CLEARING TREND CONT THIS EVENING WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR MUCH OF THE NGT. THIS LEADS TO A RATHER COLD START TO THE NEW YEAR AS MIN TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW ZERO FOR MOST OF INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NE WI...SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND ALONG LAKE MI. THE SFC RDG PUSHES INTO THE WRN GREAT LAKES ON TUE...BUT IS FCST TO WEAKEN IN THE PROCESS. NONETHELESS...EXPECT TO SEE A DECENT AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FCST AREA...EVEN N-CNTRL WI AS WINDS BACK TO THE WEST AND END ANY LINGERING SNOW THREAT IN THE FAR NORTH. NEW YEAR'S DAY WL BE A COLD ONE WITH MAX TEMPS STRUGGLING TO REACH DOUBLE DIGITS. LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. 31/12Z MODELS INDICATE FORECAST AREA BEING IMPACTED BY NORTHERN BRANCH OF THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW DURING THE PERIOD. BEST CHANCE FOR LIGHT PRECIP WILL BE WITH SHORTWAVE TROF THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS STATE WED NIGHT. LITTLE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM...BUT EXPECTING OCCASIONAL SNOW FLURRIES AS TROF MOVES THROUGH. MODELS HAVE BEEN IN RELATIVELY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THIS SYSTEM. OTHERWISE...MAINLY DRY WEATHER EXPECTED EXCEPT FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS BEHIND DEPARTING MID-WEEK SYSTEM AS LOW-LEVEL FLOW IS BRIEFLY FAVORABLE FOR VILAS COUNTY SNOW BELT SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT A BIT BELOW NORMAL...BUT SEASONABLE. TEMPS AT OR LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL BY THE WEEKEND AS UPPER FLOW FLATTENS OUT A BIT ALLOWING FOR MORE PACIFIC INFLUENCE. && .AVIATION...LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS AND SCT SNOW SHOWERS/FLURRIES WILL LINGER OVER FAR NC/NE WI OVERNIGHT...BUT SHOULD GENERALLY STAY NORTH OF THE RHI TAF SITE. THE LOW CLOUDS SHOULD DIMINISH AND LAKE EFFECT TAPER OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY VFR CONDITIONS OVER THE ENTIRE CWA DURING THE DAY. THE NEXT AREA OF LOW CLOUDS CURRENTLY SEEN OVER SOUTH DAKOTA/FAR SW MN IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO PARTS OF C/NC WI ON TUESDAY EVENING...SO HAVE ADDED TO THE RHI/AUW/CWA TAF SITES AFTER 03Z. KIECKBUSCH && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 223 PM CST MON DEC 31 2012 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-012030- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE- WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- 223 PM CST MON DEC 31 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. LMZ521-522-541>543-012030- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 223 PM CST MON DEC 31 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Despite near normal precipitation across north-central Wisconsin southwest Vilas County remained in the severe drought (D2) category throughout January 2013.
Despite near normal precipitation across north-central Wisconsin western Oneida County remained in the severe drought (D2) category throughout January 2013.
Despite near normal precipitation across north-central Wisconsin northwest Lincoln County remained in the severe drought (D2) category throughout January 2013.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, January 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 423205, 423206, 423207.