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FXUS63 KGRB 141906
AFDGRB
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
206 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2026
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR ROUTINE AFTERNOON FORECAST ISSUANCE
KEY MESSAGES
- A ROUND OR TWO OF HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED STORMS IS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST WI, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LOW.
- HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT RETURN LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AND
GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR VARIOUS TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
- HIGH WAVES WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT
LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY
AFTERNOON WHERE A BEACH HAZARDOUS STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT.
- DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY,
THEN THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 205 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2026
A CHILLY START TO THE DAY AS TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE LOWER
TO MIDDLE 30S ACROSS THE NORTH. THE COLD SPOT WAS AT THE EAGLE
RIVER COOP SITE AT 31 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES REBOUNDED QUICKLY AS
TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON CLIMBED INTO THE 60S, WITH A FEW
LOWER 70S ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL WI. CLOUDS WERE ON THE INCREASE
WHILE RAIN WAS ENTERING WESTERN WI AS OF 1 PM.
FOR TONIGHT, A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. THE 850MB
LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE TO 50-60 KNOTS, RESULTING IN 850MB
WARM ADVECTION AND WILL RESULT IN THE PRECIPITATION EXPANDING AND
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING THIS EVENING. TWO ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED WITH
THE FIRST ROUND ACROSS NORTHERN WI, GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 29
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SECOND ROUND OF
HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INTO EAST-CENTRAL WI DURING
THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES
NOT IMPRESSIVE WITH LESS THAN 400 J/KG, THUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
SHOULD BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL.
THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. DESPITE STRONG WINDS ALOFT,
STABLE LAYER ALOFT SHOULD PREVENT MUCH OF THE WINDS FROM MIXING
DOWN TO THE SURFACE. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGEST A BAND OF
HEAVIER RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL WI NORTHEAST TOWARDS
MARINETTE COUNTY WHERE TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. COULD
NOT RULE OUT SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS
SHOULD EXIT THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DRY CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE BAROCLINIC ZONE IS EXPECTED TO SET UP OVER OR JUST SOUTH
OF THE FORECAST AREA, BRINGING PERIODIC CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THE SYSTEM FOR
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING HEAVY RAIN
TO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE NORMAL EXPECTED
THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION
FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE
ISSUED AT 1204 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2026
TRANQUIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS AND EARLY THIS EVENING OVER FAR NORTHEAST WI. RAIN AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, GRADUALLY
ENDING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. VFR CIGS WILL FALL INTO THE IFR/MVFR CATEGORY LATER THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CIGS SHOULD RAPIDLY IMPROVE WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
AS FOR WINDS, SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING FROM 180-190 DEGREES AT 40-50 KTS
WHICH WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS WILL
REMAIN UP TONIGHT, WITH SOME GUIDANCE INDICATING GUSTS CLOSE TO
30 KNOTS THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN WI. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING, WITH GUSTY
WEST WINDS BEHIND IT THAT WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 205 PM CDT MON SEP 14 2026
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO
THE BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AND GALE WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR VARIOUS TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GALE
FORCE GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHILE WAVES ON THE BAY WILL REACH 3-6 FT
AND 6-12 FT ON LAKE MICHIGAN. WITH THE HIGH WAVES COMES TO
THE INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES
WHERE A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT.
GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WIZ022.
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIZ040-050.
DISCUSSION.....ECKBERG
AVIATION.......ECKBERG
MARINE.........ECKBERG
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