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open lake forecast for lake michigan national weather service milwaukee/sullivan wi 305 am cdt Sat apr 27 2024
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 -
low pressure around 29.3 inches over southern minnesota continues to drift northeastward this morning, reaching lake superior around noon today. Gusty south winds are expected across lake michigan today, with a few gusts approaching gale force, especially in the northern half of the lake. Winds will then become light and northeasterly tonight into Sunday morning as the low exits and a weak cold front drapes across central portions of the lake. Sunday into Sunday night, winds will become breezy and southerly south of the front and will become breezy and easterly to northeasterly north of the front.
a few Thunderstorms are expected to cross southern lake michigan early this morning. Additional rounds of showers and Thunderstorms are expected this afternoon through Sunday. A few storms this afternoon and evening could produce locally gusty winds and hail.

lmz261-362-364-366-563-565-567-868-271530- lake michigan from seul choix point to rock island passage 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan south of a line from seul choix point to the mackinac bridge and north of a line from charlevoix mi to south fox island 5 nm offshore- lake michigan from charlevoix to point betsie mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from point betsie to manistee mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from rock island passage to sturgeon bay wi- lake michigan from sturgeon bay to two rivers wi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from two rivers to sheboygan wi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- lake michigan from pentwater to manistee mi 5 nm offshore to mid lake- 305 am cdt Sat apr 27 2024
sheboygan wi to pentwater mi north - .
Today - South winds to 30 kt with a few gusts to gale force. Chance of showers and slight chance of Thunderstorms this morning, then slight chance of showers and Thunderstorms this afternoon. Waves 6 to 9 ft occasionally to 12 ft. Tonight - Southwest winds to 30 kt diminishing to 10 to 20 kt late in the evening, then becoming northwest 10 to 15 kt after midnight becoming north late. Chance of rain showers and Thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers and Thunderstorms overnight. Waves 6 to 9 ft occasionally to 12 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft. Sunday - North winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northeast. Chance of rain showers in the morning, then rain showers in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 ft. Sunday night - East winds to 30 kt becoming southeast gales to 40 kt overnight. Rain showers. Waves 4 to 6 ft occasionally to 8 ft building to 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft. Monday - Southeast gales to 40 kt becoming south to 30 kt in the afternoon. Rain showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 7 ft occasionally to 9 ft building to 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft. Monday night - Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Waves 5 to 8 ft occasionally to 10 ft subsiding to 3 to 5 ft. Tuesday - Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt becoming south 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft. Wednesday - Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves 2 to 4 ft.

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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Green Bay WI 414 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

Forecast discussion for routine morning forecast issuance

KEY MESSAGES

- Southwest winds could gust to 45 mph or more in the Fox Valley and Manitowoc and Kewaunee counties this afternoon.

- It remains possible that conditions will support a few strong to severe storms this afternoon into this evening across northeast Wisconsin, with the greatest risk of severe storms from 3 pm to 9 pm south of highway 29 from the Fox valley to the lakeshore.
There is still a lot of uncertainty in the coverage of strong or severe storms.

- Several systems will bring periods of showers and thunderstorms tonight through mid-week. Periods of moderate to heavy rain Sunday into Sunday night could result in isolated flash flooding in urban and low lying areas. Rivers will be on the rise through the middle of next week, with a few of them reaching bankfull stage.

- Conditions hazardous to small craft are expected this weekend on the Bay and Lake. A few gale force gusts are possible this afternoon, especially on the southern end of the bay.

DISCUSSION
Issued at 414 AM CDT Sat Apr 27 2024

Short Term
Today
Tonight...and Sunday

Wind and convection trends today are primary concerns.

Deep sfc low around 995mb is lifting into southwest MN with sfc warm front as close as northern IA and far southwest WI. Warm air advection aloft and very limited elevated instability resulted in bands of showers lifting across the area since last evening. More recent activity has carried isolated thunder as well as the instability aloft is building in from the southwest. Clusters of convection lifting across the bay and Lake Michigan and over central WI will lift north next few hours leaving rest of the morning mainly dry as sfc warm front mixes northeast battling cool, moist SE flow off northern Lake Michigan and the bay.

Eventually by early afternoon as sfc low tracks over Lake Superior effectively the warm sector will be over most if not all of the area. Soundings continue to show well mixed sfc-H85 layer leading to SW gusts 45-50 mph for at least a few hours over east-central WI, maximized across the Fox Valley to the southern shore of Green Bay. Gusts of 40-45 mph will likely make it into portions of Marinette and Oconto counties this afternoon, but left the going wind advisory in place where confidence was highest winds will shift to SW and mixing will be strongest. Though there is still some concern about S flow holding down temps near the immediate lakeshore and downwind of the bay, continued to favor continuity and model/MOS consensus in running high temps well into the 70s for all but far north-central WI.

These temps along with dewpoints to around 60 by mid to late afternoon will result in building MLCAPES upward of 1000-1500J/kg, but the greatest instability still looks to be locked up southeast of a line from Wood County into Brown/Kewaunee counties and even more so into the far southern fringe of our cwa. As has shown up last two days, even with the forecast instability, convective initiation is uncertain given H8-H7 capping still forecast in shortwave ridging and mid-level drying between negative tilted shortwave trough lifting the sfc low to our northwest and north and next shortwave trough well upstream over the high plains. This even as there will be a cold front crossing the area late this afternoon (north-central) to early evening (east-central). Models are very underwhelmed in additional convection this afternoon especially northwest of the Fox Valley into northern WI. Still some isolated convection showing up in various model runs over far south portion of cwa late today, after 21z. Real tough situation because as was mentioned in previous discussion, if convection can form, it would certainly have the potential to become severe with more than sufficient instability and strong effective shear over 40 kts. All modes of severe weather could occur. But the main question is will there be any storms in our area at all or will they develop just to the south? We will continue to message the conditional threat as our area is still within Day1 marginal and slight risks from SPC. But, considering parts of our area (north-central) now have limited if any pops, it is becoming more of a challenge.

Late tonight, next round of leftover showers and some storms will approach from the southwest. These showers will gradually develop into more widespread area of moderate rain on Sunday spreading from southwest to northeast. Rain totals on Sunday will be from a half inch to an inch. The rain will be supplemented by a cool, moist northeast wind flowing in off Lake Michigan and the bay as the wave of low pressure will remain to the southwest. Temps were lowered as a result and it seems like some areas over north- central WI and closer to the bay and lake may spend most of the day with readings below 50.

Long Term...Sunday Night Through Friday

500mb ridging across the mid-Atlantic states and a closed low across the northern plains will result in a moist southwest flow pattern Sunday night into Monday. At 00z Monday, the surface warm front will be located along the Wisconsin/Illinois border. A low level jet is expected to increase to 40 to 50 knots Sunday evening, resulting in showers and increasing chances for thunderstorms as the better elevated instability lifts northward into the area. With precipitable water values of 1 to 1.5 inches, locally heavy rainfall is a distinct possibility. Localized flash flooding, especially in urban areas will be highlighted. The steadier rain should taper off to scattered showers and storms after 06z Monday. A few strong or severe storms are possible in the late evening and overnight hours as reflected in the Storm Prediction Center Day 2 Outlook that has a Marginal Risk across portions of central Wisconsin east into Winnebago County.

The chances of thunderstorms continue on Monday until the cold front moves east of the area. Current thinking is the cold front should move east of the lakeshore counties around 20z. May need to watch to see if there would be some stronger storms across far eastern Wisconsin with the better chance to warm up. Dry conditions are expected Monday night and for most of the day on Tuesday. The next system will bring chances of showers and storms Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning. The forecast becomes muddled Wednesday afternoon into Thursday due to timing differences of the next feature, which the timing has been inconsistent the last few night. Mainly dry conditions are anticipated for Friday.

AVIATION
for 06Z TAF Issuance Issued at 1044 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

A storm moving from Nebraska to Lake Superior will produce showers and a few thunderstorms tonight. Saturday will be mostly dry.

Ceilings will be largely IFR later tonight through Saturday morning west of an IMT to STE line, and also near the Lake Michigan shore.
MVFR ceilings are expected further east. Ceilings should improve to MVFR west of IMT to STE Saturday afternoon, with VFR further east.

Low level wind shear is possible overnight through 15z Saturday with southeast winds around 10 knots at the surface and southwest around 40 knots at 2000 feet. The threat of low level wind shear will diminish after 15z Saturday, but mechanical turbulence is likely as southwest surface winds increase to 20 knots with gusts to 35 knots or more by afternoon.

GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
Wind Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 4 PM CDT this afternoon for WIZ038>040-048>050.

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