Despite above normal precipitation for March 2013, severe drought (D2) conditions that developed in parts of Lincoln County, Oneida County and Vilas County in November 2012 continued into April 2013.
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The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
Despite above normal precipitation for March 2013, severe drought (D2) conditions that developed in parts of Lincoln County, Oneida County and Vilas County in November 2012 continued into April 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 Feb 28, 10:50 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1050 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013 UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 833 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013 DRIER AIR ADVECTING INTO THE RGN FM SPRAWLING ANTICYCLONE CENTERED OVER HUDSON BAY IS BATTLING WITH THE LOW-LEVEL MOISTENING EFFECTS OF LAKES MICHIGAN AND SUPERIOR. THE OUTCOME WL DETERMING THE CLOUD COVER ACRS THE RGN THE NEXT 24 HRS. WITH THE HELP OF SOME SUN AND MIXING LATE THIS AFTN...THE DRIER AIR WAS ABLE TO HELP PUNCH SOME HOLES IN THE OVERCAST. THOSE HAVE SINCE DISAPPEARED. BUT THE UPSTREAM EDGE OF THE CLDS WAS CONTG TO BE DRIVEN SWD ACRS NRN LAKE MICHIGAN...SO THE DRIER AIR WAS STILL SURGING TOWARD THE AREA. FEELING IS THAT WE WL EVENTUALLY GET SOME DECR IN CLDS...BUT IT/S GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED. RADAR RETURNS ALSO INDICATE PLENTY OF FLURRIES STILL ARND...SO WL KEEP THOS GOING A WHILE LONGER. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR LAKE-EFFECT OFF LAKE MICHIGAN LATER TNGT AS WINDS ALOFT VEER MORE NELY WHILE WINDS OVER THE LAND LIKELY BACK A LITTLE AS A LAND-BREEZE CIRCULATION STARTS TO BECOME ESTABLISHED. THE ADDED LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE NEAR THE SHORE WL PROBABLY GENERATE AT LEAST SOME FLURRIES IF NOT SOME LGT SHSN. BUT THE AIR ALOFT WL BE INCREASINGLY DRY...SO CLOUDS WON/T BE ABLE TO ATTAIN MUCH DEPTH WITHOUT ENTRAINING DRY AIR. THAT SHOULD KEEP THINGS IN CHECK. UPDATED PRODUCT SUITE WL BE OUT ASAP. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ISSUED AT 253 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013 UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW NOW OVER WESTERN NEW YORK...WITH WEAK RIDGE BUILDING IN OVER REGION. QUESTION OF THE FORECAST IS CLEARING OR NOT. VISIBLE SAT TRENDS HAVE CLEARING WORKING INTO CENTRAL MN AND THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MI WITH THINNING OF THE CLOUD FIELD INTO MUCH OF NORTHERN WI. HUDSON BAY HIGH SENDING MUCH DRIER AIR SOUTH WITH DEW POINTS IN THE TEENS ATTM...5 TO 10 DEGREES THAN WHAT MODELS INITIALIZED AT. QUESTION IS WILL CURRENT MOISTURE GET TRAPPED BELOW INVERSION AND HALT CLEARING TREND. INTERESTING POINT IS THAT NAM CROSS SECTION ACTUALLY SHOWING LESS LLVL MOISTURE THAN GFS. ALSO ITS 925MB MOISTURE FIELD IS VERIFYING BETTER THAN GFS AT THIS TIME. WILL SIDE WITH DRIER AIR WINNING OUT AND CLEAR THINGS...THOUGH SLOWER THAN WHAT NAM WOULD SUGGEST. WITH WINDS AND SLOWER CLEARING...WILL BUMP TEMPS UP TONIGHT FROM EARLIER FORECAST. FEW FLURRIES STILL SEEN OVER VILAS COUNTY OFF LAKE SUPERIOR...EXPECT TO END NEXT FEW HOURS WITH DRY AIR WORKING IN. WILL NOT CARRY WORDING INTO THE EVENING. MID AND HIGH CLOUDS TO LINGER OVER REGION ON FRI AS WEAK S/W MOVES THROUGH. FEEL PARTLY CLOUDY IS THE WAY TO GO. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ISSUED AT 253 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013 MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH 00Z MONDAY BEFORE LARGE SPREADS IN THE MASS FIELDS DEVELOP AS THE NEXT SYSTEM CROSSES THE PLAINS. MODEL CONSISTENCY IS ALSO PROBLEMATIC...SINCE THE 12Z MODELS YESTERDAY TRENDED NORTHWARD...WHILE THE LATEST RUNS RETURNED THE COMPACT CYCLONE WELL BACK TO THE SOUTH. AT THIS POINT...WILL SIDE WITH THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN...WHICH HAS A SOLUTION BETWEEN THE CANADIAN AND ECMWF/GFS. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING FROM THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. A SURGE OF VERY DRY AIR WILL ENSURE ANY SORT OF LOW CLOUDS WILL HAVE DISSIPATED BY THE START OF FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...THE CIRRUS CURRENTLY OVER THE PLAINS WILL BE SLOWLY PROGRESSING TO THE EAST ACROSS THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY...AND SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS AT TIMES. AFTER A PERIOD OF MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF CIRRUS WILL SPILL OVER THE INCOMING MID-LEVEL RIDGE SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT AGAIN...NOTHING MORE THAN PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SKIES RETURN TO MOSTLY CLEAR ON SUNDAY THANKS TO HIGH PRESSURE LINGERING ACROSS THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. LOWS HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF TANKING SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL LOWER TEMPS ACROSS THE NORTH. FRIDAY NIGHT IS NOT AS CLEAR...AND DEPENDS UPON THE THICKNESS OF THE CIRRUS. WILL STAY CONSERVATIVE WITH TEMPS. REST OF THE FORECAST...WILL BE WATCHING A SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS AND THE OHIO VALLEY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. COMPACT NATURE OF THE SHORTWAVE COMBINED WITH THE LATEST PROJECTED TRACK SUGGESTS VERY LITTLE IMPACT FROM THE WAVE AS IT TRACKS SOUTH OF THE REGION. WILL START TRIMMING BACK PRECIP CHANCES. TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY AS MEAN TROUGHING HOLDS FIRM ACROSS THE REGION. DID LOWER LOW TEMPS SUNDAY NIGHT SINCE THERE WILL BE A VERY DRY AIRMASS AND LIGHT WINDS IN PLACE. COULD FINALLY SEE A WARMING TREND WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS HEIGHTS REBOUND BEHIND THE EARLY WEEK CYCLONE. && .AVIATION...FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE ISSUED AT 1049 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013 MAIN AVN FCST ISSUE WL BE CLDS. DRY AIR FROM CANADIAN AIRS FROM CANADIAN HIGH SHOULD EVENTUALLY WIN OUT AND BREAK UP MOST OF THE CLOUDS...BUT THAT WILL BE A SLOW PROCESS. COULD BE SOME SHSN NEAR THE LAKE BY MORNING. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE.........SKOWRONSKI SHORT TERM.....TE LONG TERM......MPC AVIATION.......SKOWRONSKI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 235 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-012045- 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- 235 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. LMZ521-522-541>543-012045- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 235 PM CST THU FEB 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 another month of above normal precipitation across north central Wisconsin, southwest Vilas County remained in the severe drought (D2) category throughout March 2013.
Despite another month of above normal precipitation across north central Wisconsin, western Oneida County remained in the severe drought (D2) category throughout March 2013.
Despite another month of above normal precipitation across north central Wisconsin, northwest Lincoln County remained in the severe drought (D2) category throughout March 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, March 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: 433056, 433057, 433059.