991
FXUS63 KMKX 181541
AFDMKX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1041 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS FOR ANY STRONGER STORMS.
- QUIETER AND COOLER FOR SATURDAY.
- HIGH CHANCE (70-90%) OF RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY
- COOLER SUNDAY AND MONDAY, WARMING BACK TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES BY MID-WEEK
UPDATE
ISSUED 1041 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025
SKIES HAVE CLEARED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING.
TEMPERATURES ARE RECOVERING WELL IN THE AREAS WITH CLEAR SKIES
WITH SOME LOCATIONS UP 6 TO 8 DEGREES IN THE MATTER OF TWO
HOURS. CLOUD COVER ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IS ALONG THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF THE WARM FRONT THAT IS JUST TO OUR SOUTH IN
NORTHERN ILLINOIS. BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN
WHICH WILL AID IN SOME MOISTURE RETURN TO THE AREA. IF SKIES
REMAIN CLEAR AND MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR STRONGER STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL
BECOME MORE FAVORABLE.
CAMS CONTINUE TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF
RAIN/STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS IS NOT TERRIBLY
SURPRISING GIVEN THERE IS LIMITED TO NO UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT.
BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS AND MODEL GUIDANCE ROUGHLY 2 TO 11
PM LOOKS TO BE THE BEST TIME FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THE WARM
FRONT TO OUR SOUTH AND NARROW DOWN THE WINDOW FOR POTENTIALLY
STRONGER STORMS.
PATTERSON
SHORT TERM
ISSUED 307 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025
TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT:
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SCATTERED OFF AN ON SHOWERS WITH A FEW
RUMBLES OF THUNDER EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN WI. THE
NEXT WINDOW FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL SPREAD IN AROUND DAY
BREAK AND CONTINUE INTO THE THE MID MORNING HOURS. MONITORING
THE ELEVATED CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPED UPSTREAM AROUND THE
NE/SD/IA BORDER AND PROGRESSING EASTWARD, WHICH IS BEING DRIVEN
BY THE 850MB WAA/FRONTOGENESIS ALONG THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE
WEAK SURFACE LOW FEATURE. FOLLOWING THE TRENDS OF THE LATEST
HRRR RUNS, EXPECTING THIS ACTIVITY TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WI
LATER THIS MORNING. AS THE ACTIVITY TREKS EASTWARD TOWARD OUR
NECK OF THE WOODS, THINKING THEY WILL REMAIN ELEVATED AS THEY
TAP INTO THE MUCAPE AROUND 1000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF.
GREATER THAN 40 KT WITH THE MAIN HAZARD BEING LARGE HAIL. THUS
CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW WARNINGS BEING NEEDED BETWEEN 5-10AM CDT
THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN WI.
THEN EXPECTING A BIT OF LULL AFTER THE MORNING ROUND OF
SHOWERS/ ELEVATED STORMS. ENVIRONMENT LOOKS TO TAKE A BIT TO
RECOVER AS THE WEAK SURFACE LOW DISTURBANCE LIFTS ACROSS
NORTHWEST MO/EASTERN IA INTO WI BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
ACCOMPANYING IT LOOKS TO BE A SECONDARY WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED
WITH THE HIGHER SURFACE MOISTURE WHERE DEWPOINTS LOOK TO CLIMB
INTO THE 50S AND EVEN LOWER 60S. THIS FEATURE IS PROGGED TO LIFT
INTO AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA BEFORE THE COLD
FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. THE MAIN QUESTION WILL BE TIMING AND
ALIGNMENT OF THE WARM SECTOR IN WI. THIS WILL FACTOR INTO HOW
THE ENVIRONMENT RECOVERS FOR LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT. MAY SEE A BRIEF WINDOW FOR MORE ISOLATED CELLS AS
THINGS DEVELOP, BUT THE FRONT-PARALLEL SHEAR FAVORS RAPID
UPSCALE GROWTH OF ANY CONVECTION INTO A LINEAR MODE AHEAD/ALONG
THE COLD FRONT. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE LIMITED SYNOPTIC
FORCING/UPPER-LEVEL DYNAMICS SUPPORT STILL LENDS WAY TO
UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF STORM
DEVELOPMENT. NEVERTHELESS, THERE REMAINS ENOUGH OF A CONSENSUS
FOR INCREASED POP CHANCES AND ANOTHER WINDOW FOR STORMS TO
DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. CONTINUE TO SEE
SOUTHEASTERN WI FAVORED FOR ANY STRONG TO SEVERE DEVELOPMENT
THAT IS MORE SURFACE BASED. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING, BUT ONCE THE COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DWINDLE LATER THIS EVENING.
WHILE OUR MAIN FOCUS IS WITH THE ACTIVITY AHEAD AND ALONG THE
COLD FRONT TOWARD THE EVENING, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT IF THERE
IS A LONG ENOUGH LULL AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD DEVELOP
WELL OUT AHEAD (POTENTIALLY ON A REMNANT OUTFLOW/BOUNDARY) IN
THE WARM SECTOR. THE POTENTIAL REMAINS LOW AS ONLY THE RECENT
06Z HRRR PICKS UP ON THIS SCENARIO AT THE MOMENT, BUT IF IT WAS
TO MATERIALIZE THEN SAID STORM COULD BRING NOT ONLY LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT, BUT COULD NOT RULE OUT A BRIEF
TORNADO. AGAIN THE CHANCES OF THIS REMAIN ON THE LOW SIDE, BUT
IT IS NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.
QUIETER AND COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
FOR SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE WORKS ITS WAY ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST.
WAGNER
LONG TERM
ISSUED 307 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY:
DETERMINISTIC MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A
STRONG, NEGATIVELY TILTED SHORTWAVE WILL LIFT THROUGH WISCONSIN
LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE RESULTANT SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED
TO LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY. AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS VERY GOOD AGREEMENT AMONG MODELS
WITH THIS SURFACE LOW TRACK AND TIMING. STRONG WARM AIR
ADVECTION AND THETA-E ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO
KICK OFF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WITH SHOWERS
CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF SUNDAY NIGHT AS
THE SURFACE LOW LIFTS THROUGH. GFS AND ECMWF ENSEMBLES HAVE A
VERY HIGH (90%+) CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE PRECIP OVER A 24 HOUR
PERIOD DURING THIS TIME, SO CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING IN A ROUND
OF WET WEATHER LATE THIS WEEKEND. GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED LOW
TRACK, MUCH OF THE MILDER AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD REMAIN
SOUTH OF WISCONSIN, THOUGH WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THUNDER
CHANCES SNEAK INTO THE SOUTHEAST FORECAST AREA.
TEMPS ON SUNDAY WILL LIKELY WARM TOWARDS 50 IN THE MORNING,
BEFORE COOLING BACK DOWN ONCE THE RAIN MOVES IN. BREEZY EASTERLY
WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL AID IN KEEPING IT COOLER THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY AS WELL.
A LITTLE PRECIP MAY LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING AS THE SHORTWAVE
CLEARS THE FORECAST AREA, WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES LIKELY
HANGING ON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS SOME
UNCERTAINTY WITH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY, AS MODELS VARY A BIT
WITH THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT EARLY IN THE DAY. IF THE FRONT
CLEARS THE AREA BY EARLY TO MID MORNING, TEMPS WILL LIKELY
STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE 40S. IF THE FRONT IS SLOWER, 50S MAY
BE POSSIBLE INTO AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BRIEFLY SLIDE INTO THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT, BUT WILL BE EXITING DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS A WEAK
SHORTWAVE PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST. TUESDAY SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY,
WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS RETURNING ANYWHERE FROM LATE
AFTERNOON TO LATE EVENING, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE
SHORTWAVE. IT LOOKS MILDER ON TUESDAY, WITH TEMPS BACK TO NEAR
OR ABOVE NORMAL.
IT LOOKS MAINLY DRY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, BUT THE PATTERN IS
OPEN TO SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH DURING THIS PERIOD, SO LOW END
PRECIP CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-WEEK. NEAR TO ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR WED AND THU.
DDV
AVIATION
ISSUED 1041 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025
CLEARING SKIES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. TERMINALS IN FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE MVFR CONDITIONS WITH CEILINGS AROUND 2-4 KFT. CLOUDS ARE
BEING MAINTAINED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT TO OUR SOUTH.
ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG
AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY CONCERNS FOR ANY STRONGER STORMS. LOWER CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. DRY
CONDITIONS AND CLEARING SKIES ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY SATURDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH
SATURDAY.
SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME GUSTY AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE COLD
FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON
AROUND 2 TO 10 PM. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND THE
FRONT.
PATTERSON
MARINE
ISSUED 307 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2025
BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS PERSIST AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES
NORTHEASTWARD FROM IA INTO WI AND THEN CROSSING CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF THE LAKE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT TO SEE SMALL CRAFT
CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN WI NEARSHORE ZONES TODAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL EXTEND SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW CROSSING THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF LAKE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODEST SOUTH
WINDS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST TOWARDS THE
SOUTHERN THIRD WILL VEER NORTHWEST THROUGH THIS EVENING
(BEGINNING WITH THE NORTHERN LAKE, THEN THE SOUTHERN HALF AS THE
FRONT PASSES). THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH
SOME HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF OF THE LAKE
LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH THE COLD FRONT. MODEST NORTHWEST
WINDS CONTINUE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT FOLLOWED BY
LIGHTER NORTH WINDS SATURDAY, AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE
GREAT LAKES REGION.
WAGNER
MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WI...NONE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...LMZ644-LMZ645-LMZ646 UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...LMZ643 UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY.
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