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FXUS63 KMKX 032012
AFDMKX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
312 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- CHILLY LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT, WITH BELOW-
NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUING INTO THIS WEEKEND.
- A ROUND OF SHOWERS IS LIKELY THURSDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
- TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM BACK UP EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM
ISSUED 312 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2025
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT:
CLOUDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS HIGH
PRESSURE CENTERED TO THE SOUTH CLIPS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. QUIET
WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY THURSDAY, WITH WELL BELOW
NORMAL HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT
AS LOW PRESSURE ZIPS THROUGH NORTHERN WISCONSIN. MODELS ARE
SHOWING LITTLE TO NO INSTABILITY WITH THIS ROUND OF RAIN, SO
LEFT OUT ANY MENTION OF THUNDER. IT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE THE
HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL PASS BY TO THE NORTH, CLOSER TO THE
CENTER OF THE SURFACE LOW. AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 0.25" OR LESS.
DDV
LONG TERM
ISSUED 312 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2025
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY:
HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND UNDER BROAD NORTHWEST FLOW. BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
PERIOD. SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK,
BRINGING GRADUALLY WARMING TEMPERATURES TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
DRY WEATHER IS LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT
WEEK.
DDV
AVIATION
ISSUED 312 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2025
THE BACK EDGE OF THE SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT WILL
CLEAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LINGERING MVFR
CEILINGS IN THE SOUTHEAST SHOULD LARGELY EXIT WITH THE SHOWERS.
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS BEHIND THE
SHOWERS/FRONT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH BREEZY
NORTHWEST WINDS. DECREASING SKIES ARE THEN EXPECTED THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A ROUND OF VFR CUMULUS IS LIKELY LATER
TOMORROW MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON, WITH CLOUD BASES IN THE
4-5 KFT RANGE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER
THAN TODAY, BUT WILL STILL REMAIN ON THE BREEZY SIDE.
DDV
MARINE
ISSUED 312 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2025
LOW PRESSURE OF 29.4 INCHES OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL MEANDER
NORTH AND THEN NORTHWEST TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WHILE DEEPENING
TO 29.2 INCHES. THE LOW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY FRIDAY,
BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. BREEZY WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY BY
THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN WESTERLY BY FRIDAY MORNING ANS A
SECONDARY LOW OF 29.3 INCHES MOVES THROUGH NORTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN. THIS LOW WILL BRING A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT, WITH
INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN A PERIOD OF GALES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING. THUS A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS
PERIOD. WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY EASE LATER FRIDAY INTO THE
WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE OF 30.3 INCHES MOVES IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST.
DDV
MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WI...NONE.
LM...GALE WATCH...LMZ080-LMZ261-LMZ362-LMZ364-LMZ366-LMZ563-LMZ565-
LMZ567-LMZ669-LMZ671-LMZ673-LMZ675-LMZ777-LMZ779-LMZ868-
LMZ870-LMZ872-LMZ874-LMZ876-LMZ878...1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM
FRIDAY.
GALE WATCH...LMZ643-LMZ644-LMZ645-LMZ646...1 AM FRIDAY TO 10
AM FRIDAY.
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