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FXUS63 KMKX 292127
AFDMKX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
327 PM CST THU JAN 29 2015

.SHORT TERM...

TONIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

850 MB COLD AIR ADVECTION CONTINUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR SO AS
THERMAL TROUGH STARTS EDGING EASTWARD THEREAFTER. EXPECT PLENTY OF
CLOUD COVER TO LINGER. SOME UPSTREAM BREAKS IN THE STRATUS WITH A
FEW DIURNALLY INDUCED HOLES HERE AND THERE. LLVL RH PROGS ERODE
THIS OUT AFTER 6Z AND GIVEN THAT PLUS INCREASING 500 MILLIBAR NVA
AFTER 6Z... WENT WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER WITH THE
SKY GRIDS.

.FRIDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

SURFACE HIGH SLIDES ACROSS AND LARGELY DOMINATES WITH LIGHTER
WIND REGIME. HOWEVER WEAK SHORTWAVES RIDING TO THE NORTH COMBINED
WITH A SMIDGE OF WAA SHOULD RESULT IN A MID DECK SWINGING THROUGH
PER RH PROGS. NAM SOUNDINGS LOOK TOO MOIST IN THE LOW LEVELS
KEEPING WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDS AROUND. PREFER THE DRIER LOOK OF THE
GFS WITH RESPECT TO LOW LEVELS. UPSTREAM CLEARING SUPPORTS THIS
FOR LOW CLOUD TRENDS... TRENDING TOWARDS AT LEAST A SCT CONDITION
IN THIS REGARD.

FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SEWD ACROSS SRN ONTARIO
CANADA FRI NT AND SAT. SWLY SFC FLOW AND LOW TO MID LEVEL WARM
ADVECTION...ALONG WITH SOME CLOUDS...WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM
DROPPING TOO MUCH. THE WARM ADVECTION AND POSSIBLY SOME PERIODS OF
SUNSHINE ON SAT WILL SUPPORT HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 30S. THE COLD
FRONT WILL PASS GRADUALLY FROM THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON BUT THE STRONGER COLD ADVECTION WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL
LATE SAT EVE WHEN BRISK NELY WINDS DEVELOP. THE NELY FLOW AND 850
MB TEMPS DROPPING TO -11C TO -15C BY 12Z SUN WILL SUPPORT THE
POTENTIAL FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW. AT THE SAME TIME...A SHORTWAVE
TROUGH WILL DIG TO ERN NE BY 12Z SUN AND ACROSS CENTRAL OR SRN IL
SUN EVE...WITH THE RRQD OF A 150 KT WLY JET OVER SRN WI ON SUN. THE
CONSENSUS OF MODELS PUTS THE WI/IL BORDER ON THE NRN FRINGES OF
THIS SYSTEM. THUS 50 POPS ARE FORECAST OVER FAR SRN WI DUE TO THE
SYSTEM WITH 50 POPS IN THE EAST DUE TO THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW
POTENTIAL. A DRY NELY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WILL LIKELY LIMIT THE
INTENSITY OF ANY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ESPECIALLY TOWARD EAST
CENTRAL WI. THE CURRENT SNOWFALL FORECAST FOR SAT NT AND SUN IS
FOR AN INCH NEAR THE IL BORDER AND 2-3 INCHES IN FAR SE WI WHERE
THE COMBINATION OF SYSTEM SNOW AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL OCCUR.
THE SNOWFALL FORECAST WILL CHANGE AS THE DETAILS OF THE SYSTEM
SNOW AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW BECOME MORE CLEAR. COLD TEMPS WILL
RETURN TO SRN WI FOR SAT NT THROUGH SUN NT.


.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

POLAR HIGH PRESSURE TO PREVAIL ON MON WITH CONTINUED COLD TEMPS.
SWLY FLOW AND WARM ADVECTION TO RETURN FOR MON NT AND TUE AS A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. A MUCH STRONGER UPPER
TROUGH WILL THEN DIG INTO THE CENTRAL USA AND PROGRESS TO THE ERN
USA FOR WED-THU. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS THROUGH THE
AREA AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE FOR TUE AND TUE NT. SNOW CHANCES ARE
FORECAST FROM MON NT-TUE NT. STRONG COLD ADVECTION ON NWLY WINDS
TO THEN PREVAIL LATE TUE NT-WED NT. A STRONG POLAR HIGH TO FOLLOW
FOR LATE ON THU. HIGHS IN THE TEENS FOR WED-THU WITH LOWS IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO.

&&

.AVIATION/00Z TAFS/...MVFR DECK REMAINS IN PLACE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS WITH CONTINUED COLD ADVECTION. NW WINDS GRADUALLY EASE
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER 6Z AS SURFACE HIGH NUDGES CLOSER. THE
HIGH DOMINATES FRIDAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHTER WIND REGIME.
THE START OF SOME WEAK WAA AND SHORTWAVES RIDING TO OUR NORTH SHOULD
SPREAD MID CLOUDS ACROSS SRN WI.

&&

.MARINE...WILL CONTINUE SMALL CRAFT BUT EXTEND A BIT LONGER TO ALLOW
A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR WAVE CESSATION. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO GRADUALLY EASE AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON WITH HIGH PRESSURE NUDGING
CLOSER. HOWEVER GRADIENT REGION REMAINS NEAR LAKE WHICH WILL LIKELY
ALLOW HIGHER WAVES TO CONTINUE ESPECIALLY A BIT CLOSER TO THE OPEN
WATERS. HIGHER WAVES WILL LIKELY SUBSIDE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.


&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY FOR LMZ643>646.

&&

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TONIGHT/FRIDAY AND AVIATION/MARINE...COLLAR
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...GEHRING