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FXUS63 KGRB 172148
AFDGRB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
348 PM CST WED DEC 17 2025
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR ROUTINE AFTERNOON FORECAST ISSUANCE
KEY MESSAGES
- MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY
THURSDAY, THEN RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SNOW SQUALLS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING, FOLLOWED BY A POSSIBLE FLASH FREEZE. SIGNIFICANT
TRAVEL CONCERNS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND AGAIN THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
- LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING,
ESPECIALLY OVER FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
- PERIODIC WINDY CONDITIONS AND A CHANCE OF GALES ON LAKE MICHIGAN
THROUGH THE FRIDAY MORNING.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 347 PM CST WED DEC 17 2025
IT'S BEEN A QUIET AFTERNOON, WITH ONLY AN INCREASE IN MID-LEVEL
CLOUDS AND MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S TO AROUND 40.
KEY POINTS/CHANGES FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY'S WINTRY SYSTEM:
1) SLOWED DOWN THE ARRIVAL OF PRECIPITATION UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
(AFTER 08Z/THU).
2) FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL TONIGHT IS CONTINGENT ON ROAD
TEMPERATURES, AS AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE RISING ABOVE FREEZING
AS THE LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE BEGINS LATE TONIGHT. FOLLOWED THE
SAME THINKING AS THE PREVIOUS SHIFT, KEEPING THE FOCUS FOR
FREEZING RAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS
SEEMED REASONABLE AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER 30S
IN THIS AREA (AND WILL DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S THIS
EVENING), AND CURRENT ROAD TEMPERATURES WERE ONLY IN THE MID 30S
TO LOWER 40S (BUT LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S FARTHER SOUTHEAST). ICE
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT AND ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN
INCH, BUT EVEN THESE AMOUNTS WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL
CONCERNS.
3) HAVE ADDED THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW SQUALLS TO THE FORECAST
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, BUT PRECISE TIMING IS
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. MODELS SHOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW SQUALL
PARAMETER VALUES MOVING THROUGH THE CWA ALONG THE ARCTIC FRONT,
REACHING NC/C WI DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON 1-3 PM, AND THE FOX
VALLEY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON (4-6 PM). FALLING TEMPERATURES AND A
POSSIBLE FLASH FREEZE WILL FOLLOW AFTER THE SNOW SHOWERS/SQUALLS,
STARTING MID-AFTERNOON IN NC/C WI AND OVERSPREADING THE FOX
VALLEY AND LAKESHORE COUNTIES FROM 5-7 PM. POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS.
4) MOST PLACES SEE WELL UNDER AN INCH OF SNOW, BUT VILAS COUNTY
SHOULD RECEIVE 1-3 INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE FAR
NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY DUE TO LAKE-EFFECT.
REST OF THE FORECAST...A CLIPPER SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THE REGION
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY, BRINGING A ROUND OF LIGHT
ACCUMULATING SNOW (1-2 INCHES) TO MAINLY FAR NORTHERN WI AND DOOR
COUNTY. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENTS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON A ROLLER
COASTER RIDE, AS A COUPLE DIFFERENT COLD FRONTS MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION.
WINDS...SEVERAL PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NOT REAL CONFIDENT WITH GALE POTENTIAL FOR
THE SOUTH WIND/WAA EVENT TONIGHT, BUT CONFIDENCE HAS GROWN HIGH
ENOUGH TO ISSUE A GALE WARNING FOR THE THU NGT/FRI AM CAA PORTION
OF THE SYSTEM.
AVIATION
FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE
ISSUED AT 1143 AM CST WED DEC 17 2025
LOW CLOUDS HAVE SHIFTED NORTH AND EAST OF THE REGION, LEAVING
CLEAR SKIES AT ISSUANCE TIME. A BATCH OF MID-LEVEL CLOUDS WAS
APPROACHING FROM MN, AND THESE WILL IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO A WINTRY SYSTEM THAT ARRIVES LATE TONIGHT,
MAINLY AFTER 08Z/THU. AT INITIAL ONSET, A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN OR
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED, WITH FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL MAINLY
DEPENDENT ON PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES, WHICH ARE DIFFICULT TO
DISCERN AT THIS TIME. WILL INCLUDE A MENTION OF FZRA AT THE
WESTERN TAF SITES LATE TONIGHT, WITH A TRANSITION TO A RAIN/SNOW
MIX THURSDAY MORNING. FARTHER EAST, THE PRECIPITATION TYPE SHOULD
BE ALL RAIN, WITH THE PREVIOUSLY-MENTIONED CAVEAT REGARDING
PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES. CEILINGS WILL QUICKLY DROP TO MVFR/IFR LATE
TONIGHT, AND COULD DROP TO LIFR THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FOG
WILL ALSO FORM AS WARM AIR OVERRIDES THE SNOW PACK AND FROZEN
GROUND.
STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD, LEADING TO WIDESPREAD STRONG LLWS. GUSTY
SOUTH SURFACE WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT, THEN BECOME SOUTHWEST
THURSDAY MORNING.
GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION.....KIECKBUSCH
AVIATION.......KIECKBUSCH
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