702
FXUS63 KGRB 030432
AFDGRB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1132 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2025
UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE
KEY MESSAGES
- ISOLATED SHOWERS AND NON-SEVERE STORMS OVERNIGHT.
- CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY, WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ON SATURDAY.
- TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND, WITH
VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARRIVING FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 425 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2025
ONGOING STORMS...AN APPROACHING WEAK SHORTWAVE AND DAYTIME
HEATING HAS LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. THESE WERE ORIGINALLY LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN MN THIS
MORNING, WEAKENED, AND THEN REDEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN WI EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. AS OF 2030Z/WED THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS
ONGOING ACROSS CENTRAL INTO EAST-CENTRAL WI. SO FAR, THE HIGHEST
REPORT HAS BEEN FOR PEA SIZED HAIL, WITH RADAR INDICATIONS THERE
COULD BE HAIL UP TO ABOUT HALF AN INCH. A GUST TO 43 KTS (50 MPH)
OCCURRED AROUND 3:15 PM AT MOUNTAIN, BUT OTHERWISE RADAR
INDICATES THERE COULD BE GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WITHIN THE STRONGEST
CELLS. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SE OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS, REACHING THE GREEN BAY AREA BY 22Z/5PM CDT BASED
ON THE CURRENT SPEED. CAPE AND SHEAR ARE SOMEWHAT MODEST, WITH
MUCAPE UP TO ABOUT 1000 TO 1500 J/KG ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA,
WITH 0-6KM SHEAR AROUND 30 KTS. LARGE SCALE FORCING IS ALSO WEAK.
THIS SHOULD ACT TO MOSTLY LIMIT SEVERE STORM ORGANIZATION, HOWEVER
WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING GOOD INVERTED V'S WITH LOW LEVEL
LAPSE RATES AROUND 9-9.5 C/KM, ISOLATED SEVERE GUSTS TO 60 MPH
REMAIN POSSIBLE WITHIN THE STRONGEST STORMS. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME
LARGER HAIL, BUT THIS IS A SECONDARY CONCERN.
TONIGHT...CAMS HAVE STRUGGLED GREATLY WITH HANDLING TODAY'S
PRECIPITATION, SO CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST BEYOND THE NEXT
COUPLE HOURS IS LOW. MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS FOR THIS FIRST
CLUSTER OF STORMS TO TRACK SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY MID-EVENING.
UNCERTAINTY ARISES WITH WHETHER ANOTHER CLUSTER OF SHOWERS/STORMS
MAY DEVELOP ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTH ACROSS WI
LATE TONIGHT. PAINTBALLS GENERALLY SAY YES, AS DO CAMS, BUT MOST
CAMS PAINTED A DRY PICTURE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WAS INACCURATE.
THE GLOBAL MODELS MAY BE HANDLING THE SETUP BETTER, BUT ARE SPLIT
ON LATER DEVELOPMENT. REGARDLESS, INSTABILITY WILL WANE BY THAT
POINT, SO THE SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL WOULD BE LOW. STUCK WITH
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
THE FRONT OVERNIGHT.
REST OF THE FORECAST...MOST OF THURSDAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE DRY
AS THE OVERNIGHT FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF WI. HOWEVER, IT PUSHES A BIT
FARTHER NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON COINCIDING WITH PEAK HEATING.
THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA, PRIMARILY CENTRAL WI,
COULD ONCE AGAIN SEE SOME ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS
DURING THE AFTERNOON. OVERALL SEVERE POTENTIAL IS LOW, BUT
ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL COULD OCCUR WITHIN THE
STRONGEST CELLS. THIS FRONT THEN MOVES FARTHER NORTH ON FRIDAY,
WITH SOME ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT AGAIN.
SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS DAYS, LOCALIZED STRONG GUSTS AND HAIL
CANNOT BE RULED OUT, BUT OVERALL SEVERE POTENTIAL IS LOW. MOST
MODELS HAVE THIS MOVING NORTH OF THE STATE BY FRIDAY EVENING,
ALLOWING FOR DRY WEATHER DURING ANY EVENING HOLIDAY FIREWORKS.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE INCREASES ON SATURDAY AS THERE IS HIGHER
CONSENSUS IN A SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE COLD FRONT TRACKING ACROSS
FROM NW TO SE. CAPE VALUES SATURDAY AFTERNOON ARE AROUND
1000-1500 J/KG, SHEAR AROUND 30-35KTS, AND PWATS RISING TO 2.0" OR
HIGHER IN SPOTS. THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN,
WITH PERHAPS ANOTHER LOW-END SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT.
PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COLD FRONT SHOULD CLEAR OUT SUNDAY
MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON, FOLLOWED BY COOLER AND DRYER WEATHER
FOR THE END OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TEMPERATURES...THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND HUMID CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY, PEAKING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S, AND HEAT INDEX VALUES
IN THE UPPER 80S TO MIDDLE 90S. WHILE THIS IS BELOW THE LEVEL IN
WHICH A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED, IT IS STILL RECOMMENDED TO
EXERCISE HEAT SAFETY BY STAYING HYDRATED, WEARING LIGHT CLOTHING,
AND APPLYING SUNSCREEN.
AVIATION
FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE
ISSUED AT 1131 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2025
VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE REGION LATE
THIS EVENING. PRIOR TO THE START OF THE 06Z TAFS, SEVERAL
AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO ALL TAF SITES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
VERY ISOLATED CONVECTION. FOR THE 06Z ISSUANCE, HAVE INCLUDED
TEMPO GROUPS AT ALL SITES EXCEPT GRB AND MTW FROM 06Z TO 08Z TO
ACCOUNT FOR ONGOING CONVECTION BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. THE
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD END AROUND 08-09Z, BUT A FEW
MAY LINGER BEYOND 09Z.
FOG DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LESS IMPRESSIVE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL WI
GIVEN THE CONTINUED CLOUD COVER, BUT ANTICIPATE THE CENTRAL WI TAF
SITES COULD STILL SEE IFR VSBYS LATE TONIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
ANOTHER SCT CU FIELD LOOKS TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS
ALSO POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP IN
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WI WITHIN THIS CU FIELD FOR THE AFTERNOON,
BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE ANY SHOWERS/STORMS AT
AUW/CWA AS MODELS INDICATE IT SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF THESE SITES.
GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION.....KLJ
AVIATION.......KRUK
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page