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FXUS63 KMKX 261938
AFDMKX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
238 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2024
KEY MESSAGES
- HEAT RETURNS MONDAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE LOWER 90S
THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK
- ON AND OFF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BEGIN SUNDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEK.
SHORT TERM
ISSUED 233 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2024
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY:
CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AS
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN AND THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES REGION. NORTHEAST MID LEVEL FLOW BEHIND THE MID LEVEL
RIDGE OVER IOWA MAY PUSH SOME SMOKE ALOFT INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN THIS EVENING CONTRIBUTING TO HAZY SKIES.
IT WILL BE A BIT WARMER AND MORE HUMID ON SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 80S.
MARQUARDT
LONG TERM
ISSUED 233 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2024
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY:
THERE IS A 30% CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS EACH DAY.
AS THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS TO THE EAST COAST, SOUTHERLY FLOW BEHIND
IT WILL BRING A PUSH OF GULF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. PWS SURGE TO
2 ON SUNDAY AND APPROACH 2 AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
A CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
SUNDAY AFTERNOON PROVIDING A SOURCE OF LIFT FOR SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. NOT EXPECTING SEVERE WEATHER WITH SHEAR AROUND 20
KNOTS AND LACK OF AN UPPER JET.
A MID LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WILL SET UP WITH SHORTWAVES
MOVING THROUGH AT TIMES DURING THE WEEK. INSTABILITY WILL
REMAIN FOR CHANCES OF STORMS AT TIMES THROUGH THE WEEK.
TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE AS SOUTHWEST 850MB FLOW ADVECTS HEAT IN
FROM THE WEST. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL IN THE UPPER 80S ON MONDAY AND
REACHING THE LOWER TO MID 90S MID WEEK.
MARQUARDT
AVIATION
ISSUED 233 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2024
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHT WINDS AND WILL
DOMINATE. THERE WILL BE FEW CLOUD BASES AROUND 4000 FT SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
MARQUARDT
MARINE
ISSUED 233 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2024
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST AND LIGHT SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SOUTH WINDS MAY REACH
20 KNOTS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.
MARQUARDT
MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WI...NONE.
LM...NONE.
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