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| Sunrise 6:13AM | Sunset 7:30PM | Friday April 10, 2020 7:26 AM CDT (12:26 UTC) | Moonrise 10:57PM | Moonset 8:02AM | Illumination 93% |  |
LMZ669 Expires:202004101530;;864248 Fzus63 Kmkx 100750 Glflm Open Lake Forecast For Lake Michigan National Weather Service Milwaukee/sullivan Wi 250 Am Cdt Fri Apr 10 2020 For Waters Beyond Five Nautical Miles Of Shore On Lake Michigan. Waves Are Provided As A Range Of Significant Wave Heights, Which Is The Average Of The Highest 1/3 Of The Wave, Along With The Average Height Of The Highest 10% Of The Waves Which Will Occasionally Be Encountered.
Synopsis.. Gusty northwest winds will gradually ease this morning as low pressure of 28.7 inches over the eastern seaboard continues east while high pressure of 30.4 inches builds east from the great plains. Winds will diminish today as that high weakens to 30.0 inches as it moves into the tennessee valley. Strong low pressure of 29.3 inches is then expected to develop in the southern plains early Sunday, and lift through the ohio valley and into michigan by late Sunday night or early Monday morning while deepening to 28.9 inches. This will bring another period of stronger winds and likely gales to lake michigan. && lmz080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-101530- lake michigan from michigan city in to st. Joseph mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from sheboygan to port washington wi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from port washington to north point light wi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from north point light to wind point wi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from wind point wi to winthrop harbor il 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from winthrop harbor to wilmette harbor il 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from wilmette harbor il to michigan city in 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from whitehall to pentwater mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from grand haven to whitehall mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from holland to grand haven mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from south haven to holland mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from st. Joseph to south haven mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- 250 am cdt Fri apr 10 2020 sheboygan wi to pentwater mi south...
Today..Northwest winds to 30 kt diminishing to 15 to 25 kt late this morning, then diminishing to 10 to 20 kt early this afternoon backing to southwest 10 to 15 kt late. Waves 8 to 12 ft occasionally to 16 ft subsiding to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
Tonight..South winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southwest. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 2 ft.
Saturday..Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southeast 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
Saturday night..South winds 10 to 20 kt. Rain in the evening, then rain likely overnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
Sunday..Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft building to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
Sunday night..East winds to 30 kt backing to northwest gales to 40 kt. Rain. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft.
Monday..Northwest gales to 45 kt becoming west. Rain. Waves 10 to 14 ft occasionally to 18 ft.
Tuesday..West winds to 30 kt. Waves 6 to 9 ft occasionally to 12 ft.
Synopsis.. Gusty northwest winds will gradually ease this morning as low pressure of 28.7 inches over the eastern seaboard continues east while high pressure of 30.4 inches builds east from the great plains. Winds will diminish today as that high weakens to 30.0 inches as it moves into the tennessee valley. Strong low pressure of 29.3 inches is then expected to develop in the southern plains early Sunday, and lift through the ohio valley and into michigan by late Sunday night or early Monday morning while deepening to 28.9 inches. This will bring another period of stronger winds and likely gales to lake michigan. && lmz080-669-671-673-675-777-779-870-872-874-876-878-101530- lake michigan from michigan city in to st. Joseph mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from sheboygan to port washington wi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from port washington to north point light wi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from north point light to wind point wi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from wind point wi to winthrop harbor il 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from winthrop harbor to wilmette harbor il 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from wilmette harbor il to michigan city in 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from whitehall to pentwater mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from grand haven to whitehall mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from holland to grand haven mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from south haven to holland mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from st. Joseph to south haven mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- 250 am cdt Fri apr 10 2020 sheboygan wi to pentwater mi south...
Today..Northwest winds to 30 kt diminishing to 15 to 25 kt late this morning, then diminishing to 10 to 20 kt early this afternoon backing to southwest 10 to 15 kt late. Waves 8 to 12 ft occasionally to 16 ft subsiding to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
Tonight..South winds 5 to 10 kt becoming southwest. Waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 1 to 2 ft.
Saturday..Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming southeast 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
Saturday night..South winds 10 to 20 kt. Rain in the evening, then rain likely overnight. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
Sunday..Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 ft building to 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft.
Sunday night..East winds to 30 kt backing to northwest gales to 40 kt. Rain. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft.
Monday..Northwest gales to 45 kt becoming west. Rain. Waves 10 to 14 ft occasionally to 18 ft.
Tuesday..West winds to 30 kt. Waves 6 to 9 ft occasionally to 12 ft.
LMZ669
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Sheboygan, WI
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Area Discussion for - Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 548 AM CDT Fri Apr 10 2020
UPDATE. Made some adjustments to boost morning sky cover as cloud deck from nrn/cntrl WI holding together as it slides sse into srn WI.
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AVIATION(12Z TAFS). Surface high draws closer today, with winds shifting from northwest to west with a continuing decreasing trend. VFR deck continues to hold together as it trends into srn WI. Surface high builds in later today into tonight, with some mid level warm air advection kicking in later in the night. So, some increase in VFR cloud coverage then.
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PREV DISCUSSION. (Issued 416 AM CDT Fri Apr 10 2020)
SHORT TERM .
Today And Tonight . Forecast Confidence Is Medium.
Influence of mid-level cyclonic flow and low level thermal trough gradually eases as the day wears on. Low level anticyclonic flow takes hold this afternoon, with winds easing and shifting from the northwest to the west and southwest. Weak warm air advection kicks in as well.
Watching the stratocu deck trending south/southeast from nrn WI. Some of this may hold together into srn WI, but perhaps more in a scattered form. Surface ridge axis shifts to our east tonight, though by and large winds will be on the light side. With dry air in place, should see a decent temp dropoff. However, as night wears on, some increase in clouds expected with 850/925 warm air advection becoming a bit more pronounced.
Saturday Into Monday . Forecast Confidence Is Medium.
Models are showing more consistency with the strong low pressure system moving through the region during this period, though there still remains uncertainty with the placement of the best frontogenesis response and subsequent snow amounts for Sunday night into Monday morning. This system has the potential for high impacts across Wisconsin Sunday afternoon into Monday morning.
Models are generally showing warm air and moisture advection Saturday into the area, with increasing chances for rain. An inverted trough setting up across the area Saturday night into Sunday then brings in widespread rain. May see a few claps of thunder Sunday as well, per very weak elevated instability on forecast soundings.
Main impacts and uncertainty comes Sunday night into Monday morning, as the strong low undergoes cyclogenesis and rapidly deepens as it shifts from southeast Missouri to southeast Ontario. The NAM track looks too far to the northwest, so ignored that model solution. The GFS/ECMWF/GFS ensembles seem to be in relatively decent agreement on the low track described above.
However, they are differing on where the deformation/mid-level frontogenesis response will set up. The ECMWF favors more of a La Crosse to Green Bay track for the highest QPF, with the GFS more over southern and eastern Wisconsin. The Canadian is showing somewhat of a blend of the ECMWF/GFS output. Thus, QPF and snow amounts across the area during this time are showing a fairly wide range per model certainty output.
Given the uncertainty here, used the blended model output for QPF Sunday night into Monday morning. Forecast soundings from GFS show a west to east change to snow Sunday night, lingering into Monday morning before ending. Given the range of QPF amounts during this period, there is a shot at several inches of accumulating snow over the area. Best potential would be northwest of Madison.
In addition, strong winds are possible with the deepening low Sunday night into Monday, which would add to the impacts. This is supported by the ensemble percentile output for winds, which are near the 99th percentile for speeds.
Will begin to message this potential for Sunday night into Monday morning, but will not mention specific amounts yet, until more model certainty can be found. Keep up with the forecast for this period.
In addition, the QPF amounts of around 1.00 to 1.25 inches per GEFS plumes suggest river rises are possible early next week. Some of this may be wet snow, but some river response should occur.
LONG TERM .
Monday Night Through Thursday . Forecast Confidence Is Medium.
Models are generally showing the region remaining within cyclonic flow at 500 mb during this period. There is a fairly potent 500 mb shortwave trough that shifts east through the area Wednesday, with some timing differences between the models. There should be enough low level moisture and steep low level lapse rates to bring chances for rain/snow showers Wednesday. Otherwise, mainly dry conditions but below normal temperatures are forecast through the week.
AVIATION(09Z TAFS) .
Surface high draws closer today, with winds shifting from northwest to west with a continuing decreasing trend. MVFR stratus across northwest and northern WI continues to head towards srn WI, though expecting some breakup to mostly SCT conditions. However, can't rule out some early BKN coverage. Surface high builds in later today into tonight, with some mid level warm air advection kicking in later in the night. So, some increase in VFR cloud coverage then.
MARINE .
Per obs and input from surrounding lake offices, will drop the headlines, both the open lake Gale Warning and nearshore Small Craft Advisory. Surface high pressure ridge will be drawing closer throughout the day, so further easing of the winds expected as the day wears on.
Winds will start to pick up late Saturday, as low pressure approaches the region from the southwest. There will be an increasing potential for gales later in the weekend into early next week, as a strengthening low moves through the region.
MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. WI . None. LM . None.
Today/Tonight and Aviation/Marine . Collar Saturday through Thursday . Wood
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 |
| SGNW3 - Sheboygan, WI | 27 mi | 87 min | WNW 11 G 12 | 35°F | ||||
| PWAW3 - Port Washington, WI | 42 mi | 47 min | WNW 7 G 12 | 34°F | 1016.9 hPa | |||
| BSBM4 - Big Sable Point, MI | 43 mi | 47 min | NNW 15 G 21 | 35°F | 1013.9 hPa | |||
| LDTM4 - 9087023 - Ludington, MI | 43 mi | 63 min | NNW 5.1 G 12 | 35°F | 23°F |
Wind History for Ludington, MI
(wind in knots) EDIT (on/off) Help| 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | 12 PM | 1 PM | 2 PM | 3 PM | 4 PM | 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | 8 PM | 9 PM | 10 PM | 11 PM | 12 AM | 1 AM | 2 AM | 3 AM | 4 AM | 5 AM | 6 AM | 7 AM | |
| Last 24hr | NW G20 | W G19 | W G20 | NW G21 | NW G18 | W G17 | NW G15 | W G16 | W G14 | W | W G20 | W G14 | W G14 | N G8 | NW G16 | NW G19 | N G14 | N G14 | NW G13 | NW G16 | N G15 | NW G17 | NW G13 | NW G11 |
| 1 day ago | W | W | W | SW | SW G7 | SW | SW G7 | SW G8 | SW G11 | SW G15 | SW G11 | SW G12 | S G10 | S G13 | SW G16 | SW G10 | N G7 | NE G7 | E | -- | W G8 | W G10 | NW G15 | NW G10 |
| 2 days ago | E | SE G7 | E G9 | S | S G7 | S G10 | S G11 | SW G11 | SW | E | NW | NW | W | N | N G10 | NW | N G6 | N G10 | N G5 | N | NE | NW | W | W |
Airport Reports
EDIT (on/off) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Visibility | Sky/Weather | Temp | DewPt | Humidity | Pressure |
| Sheboygan County Memorial Airport, WI | 35 mi | 34 min | WNW 10 | 10.00 mi | Partly Cloudy | 35°F | 23°F | 61% | 1015.6 hPa |
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Wind History from SBM (wind in knots)
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| Last 24hr | NW G23 | NW G34 | NW G26 | W G33 | W G27 | NW G23 | NW G32 | NW G28 | NW G31 | NW G23 | N | Calm | NW | NW G20 | NW G18 | NW | NW G20 | NW G19 | NW | NW G17 | NW | NW | NW | NW |
| 1 day ago | SW | S | Calm | Calm | W | W | W | W G21 | W G21 | SW | SW | W | W | W | W | NW | N | W G21 | W G22 | NW G25 | W G24 | NW G26 | NW G20 | |
| 2 days ago | Calm | W | S | S | S | S | SE | E | NE | NE | N | N | NW | NW | NW | NW | Calm | NE | Calm | Calm | S | SW | SW |
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