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| Sunrise 6:34AM | Sunset 5:34PM | Saturday February 23, 2019 7:09 PM CST (01:09 UTC) | Moonrise 11:38PM | Moonset 10:11AM | Illumination 79% |  |
LMZ646 Wind Point Wi To Winthrop Harbor Il- 505 Pm Cst Sat Feb 23 2019
.gale warning in effect from Sunday morning through late Sunday night...
Tonight..East wind 10 to 20 knots veering southeast 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 25 knots late in the evening, then veering south with gusts to around 25 knots after midnight veering southwest 15 to 25 knots with gusts to around 30 knots early in the morning. Areas of fog through around midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Rain and slight chance of Thunderstorms through around midnight, then rain likely after midnight. Rain early in the morning. Waves 3 to 5 feet building to 4 to 6 feet after midnight, then subsiding to 3 to 4 feet early in the morning.
Sunday..West gales to 35 knots. Gusts up to 50 knots. Chance of rain, light freezing rain and slight chance of snow in the morning. Freezing spray in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 4 feet building to 4 to 6 feet.
Sunday night..West gales to 35 knots with gusts to around 50 knots becoming west gales to 35 knots with gusts to around 45 knots late in the evening, then easing to up to 30 knots with gusts to around 40 knots after midnight becoming northwest 15 to 25 knots with gusts to around 30 knots early in the morning. Heavy freezing spray. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 3 to 4 feet after midnight.
Monday..Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 25 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon, then veering northwest late in the afternoon. Heavy freezing spray through the day. Slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet in the late morning and afternoon. Wave heights are for ice free areas.
.gale warning in effect from Sunday morning through late Sunday night...
Tonight..East wind 10 to 20 knots veering southeast 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 25 knots late in the evening, then veering south with gusts to around 25 knots after midnight veering southwest 15 to 25 knots with gusts to around 30 knots early in the morning. Areas of fog through around midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Rain and slight chance of Thunderstorms through around midnight, then rain likely after midnight. Rain early in the morning. Waves 3 to 5 feet building to 4 to 6 feet after midnight, then subsiding to 3 to 4 feet early in the morning.
Sunday..West gales to 35 knots. Gusts up to 50 knots. Chance of rain, light freezing rain and slight chance of snow in the morning. Freezing spray in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 4 feet building to 4 to 6 feet.
Sunday night..West gales to 35 knots with gusts to around 50 knots becoming west gales to 35 knots with gusts to around 45 knots late in the evening, then easing to up to 30 knots with gusts to around 40 knots after midnight becoming northwest 15 to 25 knots with gusts to around 30 knots early in the morning. Heavy freezing spray. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 3 to 4 feet after midnight.
Monday..Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 25 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon, then veering northwest late in the afternoon. Heavy freezing spray through the day. Slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet in the late morning and afternoon. Wave heights are for ice free areas.
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Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
505 PM CST Sat Feb 23 2019
For waters within five nautical miles of shore on Lake Michigan
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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Kenosha, WI
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Area Discussion for - Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI
(on/off) Help NOTE: mouseover dotted underlined text for definition| Fxus63 kmkx 240009 afdmkx area forecast discussion national weather service milwaukee sullivan wi 609 pm cst Sat feb 23 2019 Update The next round of showers is moving into the area right on schedule. Should see periodic shower activity through the evening and first half of the overnight. Minor flooding will remain a concern due to poor drainage and snow melt, though no major issues are expected. As the surface low lifts into the area, winds will (briefly) decrease as the pressure gradient weakens. Richer moisture will also accompany the surface low, and with those higher dewpoints moving over our still significant snowpack, conditions seem ripe for widespread dense fog. A dense fog advisory will be in effect through 4 am. Will likely see occasional areas of improvement associated with the areas of showers, but overall it looks to be a a very soupy night across the region. Finally, we continue to keep a close eye on winds for tomorrow. Latest NAM and rap guidance is showing the potential for gusts reaching the 50 kt threshold for a high wind warning. Would like to see a few more runs of the rap and take an initial look at the 00z NAM before making any decisions on an upgrade to the wind advisory, but based on the data available now, that's a possibility. Aviation(00z tafs) Widespread fog and rain is expected overnight across the area, with 1 2 to 1 4 sm visibility and ceilings between 300 and 500 ft. Winds will be from the east initially, becoming southeasterly with time as a surface low lifts into the area. A slot of dry air may wrap into the eastern side of the low later tonight, resulting in brief improvements at mke and enw, but vis and ceilings will quickly return to lifr. As that surface low lifts north of the area, west winds will increase very rapidly Sunday morning, with 40-50 knot gusts throughout the day on Sunday. Very strong winds aloft will also result in low level wind shear. The strong winds will continue into the early evening, slowly diminishing later Sunday evening. Prev discussion (issued 341 pm cst Sat feb 23 2019) short term... tonight through Sunday night... Forecast confidence is medium to high. Widespread showers associated with approaching vigorous short wave will spread across southern wi late this afternoon and early evening. Can not rule out isolated thunder with elevated CAPE of several hundred joules this evening as strongest synoptic lift sweeps through. Impressive synoptic lift as low pressure near kansas city moves rapidly northeast and undergoes cyclogenesis. Coupled upper level jet and impressive layer q-vector convergence, reaching values of 50 to 100 units across southern wi this evening. First period of showers and embedded thunder will diminish towards midnight with a second batch of showers expected after midnight into early Sunday as the upper level low pressure trof swing through. Several concerns to watch out overnight. Firstly, surface temperatures remain around or just above freezing most areas. The dewpoints have been slower to come up across the northern tier of counties, so it is possible, a period of light freezing rain or sleet may mix in with the showers this evening from the dells to berlin, montello, fond du lac and sheboygan. Any mix should change over to all rain or drizzle for a time overnight as the low levels of the atmosphere continue to warm due to increasing ese winds. Another concern is dense fog. Fog has been flirting with 1 4sm at times in the kmrj keft areas and lower visibilities are spreading east and north from there. However widespread showers expected to affect this area late this afternoon and early evening, should cause at least a brief reprieve from the thicker fog. However a baggier gradient is expected for a time overnight as the surface low moves across southern wi. This may allow a 3 to 6 hour period of dense fog, especially as warmer, moist air continues to move northward into more of southern wi. The dense fog threat will end once the surface low passes to the northeast between 07z and 10z or so and southwest to west winds begin to rapidly increase. Third overnight concern is flooding potential. Many areas have received between one quarter and three quarters inch of liquid this morning. Similar amounts are expected late this afternoon and evening. So some areas will be receiving over an inch of liquid in a 12 to 18 hour period. The remaining snow cover has absorbed some of the rainfall. However the potential for higher hourly rainfall rates for a time this evening, some melting snow, and lingering snow and ice covered drainage areas may result in localized urban and rural street flooding. Hence an areal flood advisory has been issued for the entire area through this evening. Colder air quickly sweeps in late tonight and Sunday morning. With the low pressure trof remaining in the area in the morning, some light snow or snow showers may accompany the ramp up in winds. |
Areas northwest of madison toward reedsburg and the dells may experience an inch or two of snow. Sunday's focus in on the strong winds expected. Impressive 3 hourly pressure rise across southern wi in the wake of the low of 6 to 8 mb during the morning along with potential mixing up to 900-925mb will allow wind gusts of 45 to potentially 50 knots to reach the surface on Sunday. A wind advisory has been posted for the entire area, and it is possible a few counties in the south may need to be upgraded to a high wind warning if the low level winds come in a little stronger. The strong winds will persist into Sunday evening before abating as much colder air once again settles over the area. Wind chills by early Monday will be in the 15 to 20 below range. Long term... Monday... Forecast confidence medium. High pressure will begin spreading into the northern plains Monday morning. We are heading into a pattern with persistent cold northwest flow with little ripples that roll across the midwest. A subtle feature in the upper levels will bring a chance of light snow to southern wi Monday afternoon. This shows up best with the nam, but other models hint at it. There is weak forcing associated with the right entrance region of an upper jet, 600 to 700mb warm air advection, and marginal 850mb frontogenesis. We could see up to a half inch of fluffy snow. Temperatures Monday night will drop back down into the single digits below zero northwest of madison and single digits above southeast. Temps will depend on cloud cover. Tuesday through Thursday... Forecast confidence medium. We will see a very similar scenario as Monday again on Tuesday with warm air advection aloft and subtle lift from another jet streak embedded within swift northwest flow. Another dusting is possible. Tuesday night through Wednesday, we are looking at a little stronger system. This one will have stronger 850mb frontogenesis. The 850mb baroclinic zone will remain stationary across northern il and southern wi during this period. A mid level shortwave rolling across it on Wednesday will enhance the lift to give us 1 to 2 inches of snow accumulation. Yet another weak feature will bring us a small chance for snow on Thursday. There is still uncertainty about timing, location and amounts, but this one looks light, similar to Monday and Tuesday. Friday through Sunday... Forecast confidence is low to medium. We are keeping an eye on a more amplified system that may develop over the midwest next weekend. The intensity of the low pressure system will depend on how well the northern and southern stream mid levels phase. This looks like a similar setup to the one that is currently affecting us. The exception is that the low track looks a little farther southeast which would put southern wi in more accumulating snow. We still have a long time to go before we can say anything for certain, but the 12z runs of the ECMWF and gfs both have it. The canadian remains unphased and thus keeps us dry. Marine... confidence in reaching storm force winds on Sunday grew due to consistent model runs with winds to that level. We upgraded to a storm warning for the whole lake michigan for Sunday morning. While gales initially develop late tonight, they will quickly amplify to storm force, so opted not to ramp up the headlines and instead went straight to a storm warning. The south half of the lake will reach storm force a couple hours earlier than the north half, but opted to keep start and end times the same for now since the ramp- up is quick and spreads from south to north Sunday morning. Storm force winds should end by late Sunday evening, but there is a chance this would need to be extended. We will need a gale warning once the storm force winds end later Sunday night. Winds will diminish below gales Monday morning as high pressure spreads into the region. Mkx watches warnings advisories Wi... Dense fog advisory until 4 am cst Sunday for wiz046-047-051-052- 056>060-062>072. Wind advisory from 6 am Sunday to midnight cst Sunday night for wiz046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072. Lm... Storm warning from 6 am to 9 pm cst Sunday for lmz080-261-362- 364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-870-872-874- 876-878. Gale warning from 6 am Sunday to 3 am cst Monday for lmz643>646. Update... Boxell tonight Sunday and aviation marine... Boxell Sunday night through Saturday... 99 |
Weather Reporting Stations
EDIT (on/off) Help NOTE: Click on distance to see the station location on a map| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | Pressure | DewPt |
| KNSW3 - Kenosha, WI | 3 mi | 69 min | E 8.9 G 9.9 | 35°F | 1005.4 hPa (-3.4) | |||
| WHRI2 - Waukegan Harbor, IL | 15 mi | 29 min | ENE 11 G 11 | 34°F | ||||
| MLWW3 - Milwaukee, WI | 32 mi | 29 min | ENE 1.9 G 6 | 33°F | ||||
| FSTI2 | 43 mi | 129 min | SE 17 | 37°F | ||||
| CHII2 - Chicago, IL | 49 mi | 49 min | ESE 12 G 13 | 37°F | 37°F |
Wind History for Calumet Harbor, IL
(wind in knots) EDIT (on/off) Help| 8 PM | 9 PM | 10 PM | 11 PM | 12 AM | 1 AM | 2 AM | 3 AM | 4 AM | 5 AM | 6 AM | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | 12 PM | 1 PM | 2 PM | 3 PM | 4 PM | 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | |
| Last 24hr | NE | E | E | NE | E G13 | E | E | E | E | E G10 | E G10 | E G10 | E G12 | SE G13 | SE G12 | NW | NW G11 | NE G10 | E G11 | E G11 | E | SE | E | E G11 |
| 1 day ago | SW | W G5 | W | W | W | NW | NW | NW | NW G7 | NW G7 | N G10 | N | NE | E G11 | E | NE | NE | N G11 | NE | N G12 | NE | NE G8 | NE | |
| 2 days ago | SW G23 | SW G20 | SW G19 | SW G17 | SW G22 | SW G18 | SW G16 | SW G14 | SW G14 | SW G11 | SW G9 | SW G10 | W G14 | W G14 | W G15 | SW G13 | SW G11 | W G14 | W G12 | SW G14 | SW G8 | SW G11 | SW G11 | SW G9 |
Airport Reports
EDIT (on/off) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Visibility | Sky/Weather | Temp | DewPt | Humidity | Pressure |
| Kenosha, Kenosha Regional Airport, WI | 4 mi | 76 min | E 6 | 0.25 mi | Fog | 35°F | 35°F | 100% | 1005.6 hPa |
| Chicago/Waukegan Regional Airport, IL | 11 mi | 74 min | ENE 6 | 0.25 mi | Fog | 34°F | 33°F | 97% | 1005.4 hPa |
| Racine, Batten International Airport, WI | 13 mi | 76 min | E 6 | 0.50 mi | Fog | 35°F | 34°F | 96% | 1006.3 hPa |
| Burlington Municipal Airport, WI | 24 mi | 74 min | E 8 | 1.25 mi | Unknown Precip | 32°F | 32°F | 100% | 1004.1 hPa |
Wind History from ENW (wind in knots)
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| 2 days ago | W G23 | W G32 | W G35 | W G25 | W G26 | W | W G27 | W G29 | W | W | W | SW | W | W | W | W G20 | W | W | W | W | W | W | NW |
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