The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office reported the death of an elderly man from hypothermia.
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The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office reported the death of an elderly man from hypothermia.
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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 5, 3:49 AM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
349 AM CST FRI DEC 5 2014
.SHORT TERM...
TODAY AND TONIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.
A MOIST SLY FLOW WILL WEAKEN LATER TODAY WITH A COL OVER THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE SRN
PLAINS INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WITH ANOTHER LOW TRACKING EWD
ACROSS ONTARIO CANADA. THE TWO HIGH PRESSURE AREAS WILL BE OVER THE
NRN PLAINS AND ERN GREAT LAKES. NLY WINDS AND COLD ADVECTION TO THEN
DEVELOP LATE TNT. THE LOW STRATUS WILL REMAIN INTO TNT...BUT THE
STALLING OF THE WINDS AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT LATER THIS AM APPEARS
TO BE ENOUGH TO INHIBIT DRIZZLE DEVELOPMENT. SOME LIGHT FOG MAY
OCCUR IN FAR SRN WI AND CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT ISOLD DRIZZLE BUT
WILL BE REMOVING FROM THE FCST. HIGH TEMPS OF MID TO UPPER 30S LOOKS
REASONABLE GIVEN CURRENT TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. THE COLD
ADVECTION WILL LOWER TEMPS INTO THE LOWER 20S OVER THE NRN CWA BY
SAT AM WITH A NNELY ONSHORE FLOW MAINTAINING LOWER 30S NEAR LAKE MI.
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE ACROSS WISCONSIN THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
NNE WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK THROUGH MID AFTERNOON DUE TO A LINGERING
TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND ALSO COLD AIR ADVECTION MIXING
HIGHER WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. 1000-850MB FLOW WILL BECOME
NORTHEAST SATURDAY AND GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT.
LAKE-AIR TEMP DIFFERENCE WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT FOR ANY SORT OF
PRECIP SATURDAY... BUT LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS ARE LIKELY.
THE COLD AIR ADVECTION AND SKY COVER WILL KEEP TEMPS FAIRLY COOL...
WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S EXCEPT MID 30S SOUTHEAST. DRY AIR OVER
THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL ALLOW FOR SOME CLEAR SKIES SAT NIGHT.
LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE WITH LOWS 17-24F.
SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH RETURN FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL BRING A BRIEF
PERIOD OF WARMER AIR INTO SOUTHERN WI ON SUNDAY. HIGHS WILL REACH
THE MID TO UPPER 30S UNDER INCREASING CLOUDS.
.LONG TERM...
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.
AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL
TRACK ACROSS ND AND NORTHERN MN. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GRADUALLY
SATURATE FROM THE TOP DOWN MEANING MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL LOWER WITH
TIME. WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL BRING THE 850-900 MB LAYER JUST ABOVE
FREEZING WITH SURFACE TEMPS REMAINING JUST BELOW FREEZING THROUGH
LATE MONDAY MORNING.
IT IS UNCERTAIN WHEN THERE WILL BE DEEP ENOUGH SATURATION TO REACH
THE GROUND AND WHAT TYPE OF PRECIP IT WILL BE. THE NAM IS MOST
DELAYED WITH THE PRECIP OVER SOUTHEAST WI... HOLDING OFF UNTIL AFTER
12Z MONDAY. THE OVERALL TEMPERATURE PROFILE WOULD SUGGEST SNOW
CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AHEAD OF THE SURFACE TROUGH... AND THEN
RAIN/DRIZZLE ALONG/BEHIND THE SURFACE TROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AS
UPPER LEVELS DRY OUT /LOSE THE ICE CRYSTALS/ AND LOW LEVELS RISE
ABOVE FREEZING DIURNALLY.
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.
A MORE ROBUST SHORTWAVE WILL DROP DOWN THROUGH EASTERN WI MON NIGHT
AND DRY OUT ANY REMAINING PRECIP. THERE SHOULD BE SOME SUNSHINE OVER
SOUTHERN WI TUESDAY... ALTHOUGH THE ECWMF SUGGESTS MORE CLOUDS.
THE ECMWF DEVELOPS THAT SHORTWAVE INTO A CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE
EASTERN U.S. WHILE THE GFS KEEPS IT OPEN AND SWINGS IT THROUGH THE
NORTHEAST COAST. THIS DIFFERENCE IN THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN LEADS TO
THE ECMWF DELAYING SOUTHERN WI GETTING INTO THE ADVERTISED WARMING
PATTERN UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND.
NONETHELESS... BOTH MODELS SHOW A SHORTWAVE OF VARYING STRENGTHS
TRACKING THROUGH WI SOMETIME THURSDAY WHICH COULD BRING SOME LIGHT
RAIN TO THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION/12Z TAFS/...CIGS WILL LIKELY FALL TO 600 FEET TO 1500 FEET
LATER THIS MORNING AND REMAIN THERE FOR THE DAY AS MOIST AIR STALLS
OVER SRN WI. AREAS OF 3-5SM BR ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN FAR SE AND
SRN WI. THE LOW STRATUS AND POSSIBLE LOWER VSBYS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING. NLY WINDS AND COLD ADVECTION WILL THEN DEVELOP DURING
THE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH SAT AM. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IF THE
COOLER...DRIER AIR WILL BE ENOUGH TO DISSIPATE A BROKEN STRATUS
DECK. A NNELY ONSHORE FLOW FROM LAKE MI WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
CONTINUING LOW STRATUS CLOUDS VIA LAKE EFFECT...BUT WELL INLAND
LOCATIONS MAY ONLY HAVE SCT STRATUS.
&&
.MARINE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 12Z SAT UNTIL 03Z
SUN FOR BRISK NNELY WINDS AND 3-5 FOOT WAVES IN THE WAKE OF A COLD
FRONT.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY FOR
LMZ643>646.
&&
TODAY/TONIGHT AND AVIATION/MARINE...GEHRING
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MRCHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 842 AM CST FRI DEC 5 2014 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-061445- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 842 AM CST FRI DEC 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THE DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON AND MONROE AREAS. THE DENSE FOG WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ643>646-061445- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 842 AM CST FRI DEC 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING FOR BRISK NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MBK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The Milwaukee County Examiner's office reported the death of an elderly man from hypothermia. The man fell outside his home suffering a cervical fracture, and then died from hypothermia. The temperatures were in the 30s.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, Milwaukee | 2014-12-05 | 91 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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