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FXUS63 KMKX 190828
AFDMKX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
328 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.

OVERNIGHT CLEARING AND ERN CWA DECOUPLING WL RESULT IN PATCHY FOG
EARLY THIS MRNG.  BETTER CHANCE FOR THE FOG IN THE EAST DUE TO
LIGHTER WINDS WHILE CIRRUS BLOWOFF FROM UPSTREAM CONVECTION
AFFECTING WRN CWA.  WL NEED TO KEEP EYE ON IOWA CONVECTION AS SMALL
CHANCE IT MAY HOLD TOGETHER AND CROSS MS RIVER INTO SOUTHWEST WI
EARLY THIS MRNG.  OTHERWISE BETTER CHANCE THIS AFTN IN THE WEST AS
MID LEVEL HEIGHTS BEGIN TO FALL AND UPSTREAM CONVECTIVELY INDUCED
SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY OVER SRN KS TRACKS NNE WHILE LOW LEVEL JET BEGINS
TO STRENGTHEN INTO WRN WI.

PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REMAIN 1.25 TO 1.5 INCHES FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE...AVERAGING 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL.  COMBINATION
OF THIS FIRST MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND PIVOTING LOW LEVEL JET SHOULD
BRING A PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS TO WESTERN CWA THIS EVENING.
CORFIDI VECTORS REMAIN BELOW 10KTS FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT IN THE WEST.
WARM CLOUD DEPTH OVER 11K FEET SO PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY LOOKS
FAVORABLE FOR A POTENTIAL HEAVY RAINFALL.  HOWEVER CONCERN OVER LACK
OF STRONG 925-850MB MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND PERSISTENT THETA-E
ADVECTION.  3 HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE 2-2.5 INCHES IN THE WEST SO
WL HOLD OFF ON FLASH FLOOD WATCH.  HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK AND HWO WL
MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT.

0-6KM BULK SHEAR INCREASES OVERNIGHT IN THE WEST TO 45 KNOTS.  LOW
LEVEL SHEAR IN THE EVENING AROUND 20KTS WITH 0 TO 3 KM VORTICITY
GENERATION POTENTIAL AROUND 0.3.  DEWPTS MOST LIKELY WL REACH THE
LOW TO MID 60S IN THE WEST RESULTING IN CAPES OVER 1500 J.
POTENTIAL FOR SFC BASED CONVECTION THIS EVENING IN WEST WITH A
SECOND ROUND LIKELY LATER TONIGHT AS SECOND STRONGER SHORT WAVE
MOVES NORTHEAST AROUND DEEPENING PLAINS LOW.  SECOND ROUND OF
CONVECTION LATER TONIGHT LIKELY TO BE ELEVATED.

MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT - CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM
STILL LOOKING LIKE A DECENT SETUP FOR SEVERE STORMS. UPPER SYSTEM
WILL BE CLOSER. FLOW AT ALL LEVELS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AND SRN
WI MUCH MORE IN THE GENESIS REGION OF STORM DEVELOPMENT. OVERALL GFS
MORE FAVORABLE THAN THE NAM WITH RESPECT TO THERMODYNAMICS. EVEN THE
NAM RAISES ENOUGH CONCERN. ML CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 1500-2000 J/KG
ESPECIALLY ACRS SC WI. 0-1KM SHEAR 15-20 KNOTS AND 0-6KM SHEAR 35-40
KNOTS. 850 SSW LLJ OF 25-35 KNOTS SUPPORTING A CONTINUAL FEED OF
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. INITIALLY WE WILL BE ON THE NOSE OF 250
MILLIBAR JET STREAK AND THEN TRANSITION TO MORE OF A RIGHT REAR
POSITION FOR MONDAY NIGHT. MODELS SHOW A RELATIVE MIN IN QPF MONDAY
AFTERNOON WITH MORE OF A MAX RETURNING MONDAY EVENING. APPEARS
GREATER COVERAGE OF PRECIP WILL COME IN THE MORNING BUT EXPECTING
ENOUGH RECOVERY TO HEIGHTEN CONCERN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. CWASP VALUES FROM BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS SHOWING IMPRESSIVELY
HIGH VALUES IN THE LOW 80S. NEW DAY 2 OUTLOOK HAS EXPANDED HATCHED
AREA MUCH FURTHER NORTH INTO MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA THAN THE OLD DAY
3.

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY - CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM
UPPER PATTERN SLOW TO MOVE. MORE STORMS. UPPER CIRCULATION WILL
CONTINUE TO WRAP VORT MAXES INTO THE AREA KICKING OFF CONVECTION.
LOW LEVEL JET REMAINS IN PLACE. UPPER JET ORIENTATION SUGGESTS RIGHT
REAR QUAD DIVERGENCE. NAM HAS SURFACE BOUNDARY FARTHER NORTH WHILE
ECMWF/GFS KEEP FRONT WAVERING ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA. THE SURFACE
LOW MOVES ACROSS SRN WI WEDNESDAY. 500 MILLIBAR TROUGH SLOWEST TO
ARRIVE ON THE 00Z GFS AND GEM WHILE THE 12Z ECMWF IS MORE
PROGRESSIVE. CWASP NUMBERS REMAIN QUITE IMPRESSIVE TUESDAY ON THE
GFS...IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. THESE NUMBERS COME DOWN A BIT
WEDNESDAY THOUGH WITH LOW AND BOUNDARY IN THE AREA CONVECTIVE
POTENTIAL STILL IN PLACE.

THURSDAY - CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM
00Z GEM AND GFS LINGER 500 MILLIBAR TROUGH ACROSS THE AREA WHILE THE
12Z ECMWF IS MORE PROGRESSIVE. WILL KEEP SHRA IN THE FORECAST.

FRIDAY - CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM
GFS AND ECMWF BOTH SHOW HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN WHICH WILL BRING A
MUCH NEEDED DRY DAY.

SATURDAY - CONFIDENCE...LOW
12Z ECMWF WAS RATHER PROGRESSIVE ON EVOLVING WAA REGIME WITH
CONVECTION BRUSHING THE AREA WITH GREATEST POTENTIAL ACRS IA/IL.
MEANWHILE 00Z GFS KEEPS THE AREA UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE
SURFACE/850 HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE.

&&

.AVIATION/12Z TAFS/...PATCHY LIGHT FOG EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING
DUE TO HIGHER SURFACE DEWPTS AND LESS BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING BUT
SHOULD DISSIPATE QUICKLY. IN ADDITION...CIRRUS SHIELD FROM
UPSTREAM CONVECTION ALSO WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FOG REMAINING PATCHY
IN WEST...ALONG WITH A BIT MORE BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING IN THE WEST.
OTRW VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AND MOST OF TONIGHT IN THE
EAST. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO AFFECT KMSN WITH
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS AND HAIL TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY
MAKE IT INTO ERN CWA BY EARLY MON.

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

$$
TODAY/TONIGHT AND AVIATION/MARINE...MBK
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...COLLAR