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FXUS63 KMKX 010940
AFDMKX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
340 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

.SHORT TERM...

TODAY AND TONIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGH.

FIRST ROUND OF ENHANCED FORCING WITH OMEGA WITH 850-700 MB WAA
MOVING ACROSS SRN WISCONSIN NOW...WITH ENHANCED BANDS ON REGIONAL
RADAR FROM S CNTRL IA TO WRN IL IN LINE WITH STRONGER FRONTOGENETIC
RESPONSE THAT LIFTS NORTH TO THE IL/WI BORDER REGION AROUND 12Z.
THOUGH THIS STRONGER FORCING REMAINS JUST TO THE SOUTH WITH THE 700
MB BAROCLINIC ZONE...MODELS SHOW A SECOND FRONTOGENETIC BAND IN
RESPONSE TO THE DEFORMATION ZONE TO THE NORTH OF THE 700 MB LOW
MOVING OVER SRN WI ROUGHLY ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON.

WIND NOW BECOMING A MAJOR FACTOR AS ALL MODELS HAVE DEEPENED LOW AND
INCREASED WIND SPEEDS AT/BELOW 1000 FT. THAT ARE MIXING DOWN TO THE
SURFACE. WILL BE SEEING GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. WHILE WINDS AND TREES
WILL LIMIT VSBY REDUCTIONS FROM FALLING TO 1/4 MILE FOR A PROLONGED
DURATION...OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THE HIGHER GUSTS ALONG
LAKESIDE COUNTIES AND THE HEAVIER SNOW SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE...PUT
RACINE AND KENOSHA INTO A BLIZZARD WARNING WHERE PROLONGED 1/4 MILE
VSBYS ARE EXPECTED.

WILL BE ADDING IOWA...DANE...AND JEFFERSON TO WINTER STORM
WARNING...AS WELL AS SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE FOR HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS
AS WELL AS WINDS. ALSO ADDED MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE AND FOND DU LAC
COUNTIES TO THE ADVISORIES FOR THE HIGHER SNOW/WIND COMBINATION.

SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF FROM NW TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SNOW ENDING AROUND 06Z WITH
FORCING SHIFTING EAST AS MID-UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXES .

.LONG TERM...

MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL RESUME OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ON
MONDAY. PLAN ON QUIET WEATHER... LIGHTER WESTERLY WINDS AND A PERIOD
OF SUNNY SKIES.

A 500MB SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL TREK ALONG AN 850MB BAROCLINIC ZONE
THROUGH EASTERN IOWA... NORTHERN IL AND SOUTHWEST WI MON NIGHT AND
BRING A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW TO SOUTHERN WI. THE LIFT WILL BE WEAK
AND BRIEF SO LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED. PLUS... THE NAM IS THE ONLY
MODEL SPREADING SNOW VERY FAR INTO THE MKX AREA- THE GFS AND ECMWF
ARE FURTHER SOUTH.

TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

THE MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW ACROSS
SOUTHERN WI TUE EVENING WITH A CLIPPER. BUMPED UP POPS TO LIKELY FOR
PORTIONS OF MKX AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT... IN THE 0.5 TO 2
INCH RANGE. THE OMEGA WILL BE STRONGER WITH THIS CLIPPER THAN THE
TUE NIGHT ONE BECAUSE OF SOME HELP FROM 850MB WARM AIR ADVECTION AND
UPPER DIVERGENCE WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER JET STREAK... BUT A
WEAKER 500MB SHORTWAVE.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

ARCTIC AIR WILL SETTLE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES IN THE WAKE OF THE
TUE NIGHT SYSTEM. A LINGERING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND COLD AIR
ADVECTION WILL LEAD TO LOW WIND CHILL TEMPS WED THROUGH THU NIGHT.
WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE NEGATIVE UPPER TEENS. WEATHER WILL BE
QUIET THROUGH FRIDAY.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL MODIFY TEMPS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE WARM AIR
ADVECTION WILL BRING OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIP INTO SOUTHERN WI
OVER THE WEEKEND AS WELL. THE GFS IS WARMER AND WOULD SUGGEST A
CHANCE FOR A WINTRY MIX. THE ECMWF REMAINS COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW
CHANCES.

&&

.AVIATION/12Z TAFS/...
COMING SOON.

&&

.MARINE...
COMING SOON.

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIZ046-
     047-056-057.

     BLIZZARD WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR
     WIZ071-072.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR WIZ051-
     058-059.

LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR LMZ643>646.

     GALE WARNING FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM CST MONDAY FOR
     LMZ643>646.

&&

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TODAY/TONIGHT AND AVIATION/MARINE...REM
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MRC
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