Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI
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842 FXUS63 KGRB 260450 AFDGRB Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1150 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2026 Updated aviation portion for 06Z TAF issuance .KEY MESSAGES... - Just slight chances for thunderstorms over far ne WI late this afternoon and evening. A strong storm is possible. - 20 to 30 percent chances for thunderstorms Sunday afternoon over far eastern WI, but higher confidence for thunderstorms is for late Sunday night and Monday. Severe thunderstorms will be possible during this time. - Heat and humidity will build across the region for Sunday and Monday. High temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s and heat indices reaching the middle to upper 90s are forecast over central Wisconsin on Sunday, then slightly cooler for Monday. - A cold front passing through the region on Monday will bring a shift to northerly winds and relief from the high humidity for Tuesday through mid-week, with lower thunderstorm chances until late in the work week. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2026 Broken to overcast stratocumulus clouds will continue for much of the afternoon as moist air returns on swly winds. This will keep high temps in the middle 70s to lower 80s depending on location. Otherwise will be watching a very weak sfc trough and wind shift that will affect Upper MI and far nern WI late this afternoon and evening. It will be weakly supported aloft by a vorticity maximum moving across the region. MLCAPE of 1000 J/KG and effective shear of 40 kt is expected with some sunshine possible late this afternoon. However, will only forecast 20 percent chances for showers and storms given the weak convergence. With relative humidity remaining high today and weak sfc ridging expected late tnt, areas of fog and low stratus will be possible early Sunday morning especially over nern WI. For Sunday a weak wave of low pressure will move ewd across nrn Ontario and be supported aloft by a shortwave trough tracking across the same region and toward srn Ontario late in the day. Thus the better warm advection and PVA will be to the north with weaker warm, moist advection shifting ewd across ne and east central WI. Isolated to scattered storms (20-30 percent) will be possible on the leading edge of the mid level cap, mostly over far ern WI. The warm advection and much more sunshine than today will boost high temps into the upper 80s to lower 90s, with dewpoints into the lower 70s over central WI. Heat indices reaching 100F are looking marginal at this time for central WI, so no heat headlines, but will continue to message hot and humid conditions. For late Sun nt into Mon evening a shortwave trough will track from the Canadian Prairies to the nrn Great Lakes with a 1000 mb sfc low reaching far east central WI by 00Z Tue. Its swly low level jet should initiate convection Sun nt over nrn MN toward nw WI, with some storms moving into north central WI before 12Z Mon. The showers and storms will then track sewd with new development expected throughout the day on Mon via low to mid level warm, moist advection and frontogenesis. The cold front will follow the low and mostly pass through the area by early evening. MUCAPE values are challenging to determine given clouds and showers and storms to begin the day, but still have fairly high confidence in minimal amounts of MUCAPE around 1500 J/KG. Strong deep layer shear of 50 kt will be present with veering winds in the low to mid levels from swly to nwly. Thus all hazards including tornadoes are possible for Mon. The early morning storms will also have a SVR wind and hail potential. Afterward, this low pressure area and upper wave will occlude and remain over portions of the Mid Atlantic States and New England for Wed and the remainder of the week. This maintains nwly flow aloft for the wrn Great Lakes with a sfc ridge residing over the area for Tue nt-Thu. Shortwave troughs in the flow aloft will then bring 20-40 percent chances for showers and storms Thu-Sat. High temps in the lower to middle 80s are expected for much of this period. && .AVIATION...for 06Z TAF Issuance Issued at 1127 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2026 The VFR/MVFR stratus is clearing out, making way for fog to form across areas that have cleared. North-central Wisconsin has fallen to LIFR/VLIFR with the fog, with the central Wisconsin airports expected to fall to at least IFR overnight. Further south across east-central Wisconsin fog is less certain as the clouds are hanging in a bit more than further north. Any fog that develops should dissipate shortly after sunrise Sunday. Skies are expected to also clear out sometime Sunday morning. There is a chance for an area of thunderstorms to develop and track through the region Sunday and Sunday night. However, timing and exact placement are too uncertain to include in this set of TAFs. There is another chance on Monday as well, which could hinge on what happens on Sunday. .KOSH... Stratus over OSH looks to stick around overnight as an inversion continues to lower. CIGS will start out VFR, then lower to MVFR overnight as the inversion lowers. These clouds are expected to dissipate Sunday morning around 16-18Z with VFR conditions the rest of the day. Steady south to southwesterly winds around 4-8 kts is expected through Sunday. The risk for any showers or thunderstorms impacting OSH Sunday afternoon and evening is too low to include in this set of TAFs. There is a chance for patchy fog to develop in the Fox Valley early Sunday morning. Given the recent MOS trends will introduce some MVFR/IFR fog at OSH with this set of TAFs overnight into Sunday morning. Any fog should dissipate shortly after sunrise on Sunday. && .MARINE... Issued at 216 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2026 Modest sly flow this afternoon will become light wly winds tnt followed by modest sly winds once again from late Sunday morning into the evening. A moderate swim risk is forecast this afternoon and evening for the Lake MI beaches via 2 to 4 foot waves. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION.....MG AVIATION.......Kurimski MARINE.........MG