537
FXUS63 KMKX 221157
AFDMKX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
657 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- MARINE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN THIRD OF THE
LAKE UNTIL 1 PM CDT.
- FOG POSSIBLE TONIGHT, POTENTIALLY DENSE, PRIMARILY CLOSER TO
THE LAKE
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES & RAIN-FREE CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO
THE WEEKEND.
- TEMPERATURES TRENDING BACK TOWARD NORMAL NEXT WEEK, WITH
CHANCES FOR RAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
UPDATE
ISSUED 700 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2026
SOME PATCHY FOG OUT THERE THIS MORNING BUT AS THE SUN COMES UP
FOG WILL CLEAR OUT WITH LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS
THROUGH THE DAY. SOME MODELS ARE SUGGESTIVE OF THE LAKE BREEZE
TODAY INCREASING MOISTURE BEHIND IT AND POTENTIALLY SETTING UP A
SITUATION FOR FOG AND LOW STRATUS TONIGHT, PRIMARILY NEAR THE
LAKE. DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE.
KUROSKI
SHORT TERM
ISSUED 1152 PM CDT WED OCT 21 2026
THE REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT:
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. TEMPS HAVE BEEN DROPPING A BIT
FASTER THIS EVENING THAN ANTICIPATED, SO MAY NEED TO LOWER
OVERNIGHT LOWS A BIT. STILL THINK THERE COULD BE SOME PATCHY FOG
LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. HIGHS TOMORROW WILL BE VERY
SIMILAR TO THIS PAST AFTERNOON, THOUGH MAY BE A TOUCH COOLER
NEAR THE LAKE UNDER LIGHT ONSHORE WINDS. WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED
BY MORE FOG CHANCES THURSDAY NIGHT, AS THE LIGHT WINDS AND
LIMITED CLOUD COVER CONTINUE.
DDV
LONG TERM
ISSUED 1152 PM CDT WED OCT 21 2026
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY:
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND AN UPPER RIDGE ARE EXPECTED TO
MAINTAIN ENOUGH OF INFLUENCE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TO KEEP
DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS GOING FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
DRY WEATHER MAY PERSIST INTO MONDAY, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF
A TROUGH AND FRONT PASSAGE, WHICH HAS BEEN TRENDING SLOWER. THE
TROUGH IS LIKELY TO MOVE THROUGH BY TUESDAY, BRINGING RAIN
CHANCES BACK TO THE FORECAST AREA ALONG WITH COOLER CONDITIONS
FOR MID-WEEK.
DDV
AVIATION
ISSUED 700 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2026
SOME PATCHY FOG OUT THERE THIS MORNING BUT AS THE SUN COMES UP
FOG WILL CLEAR OUT WITH LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY. SOME MODELS ARE SUGGESTIVE OF THE
LAKE BREEZE TODAY INCREASING MOISTURE BEHIND IT AND POTENTIALLY
SETTING UP A SITUATION FOR FOG AND LOW STRATUS TONIGHT,
PRIMARILY NEAR THE LAKE. DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
POTENTIAL FOR BOTH IFR/LIFR/VLIFR VSBYS AND CIGS OVERNIGHT WITH
LESSENING CHANCES FURTHER INLAND.
KUROSKI
MARINE
ISSUED 700 AM CDT WED OCT 21 2026
DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF TO THIRD OF THE
LAKE AND AS SUCH WE HAVE GONE WITH A MARINE DENSE FOG ADVISORY
UNTIL 1 PM CDT. THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THIS AGAIN
TONIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE OF 30.3 INCHES WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD
THROUGH FRIDAY, WHILE STRENGTHENING TO 30.5 INCHES OVER THE
EASTERN ONTARIO. LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY,
INCREASING A BIT OUT OF THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY BEHIND THE
STRENGTHENING HIGH. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND BETWEEN THE HIGH TO THE EAST AND A TROUGH TO THE
NORTHWEST.
KUROSKI
MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WI...NONE.
LM...DENSE FOG ADVISORY...LMZ261-LMZ362-LMZ364-LMZ366-LMZ563-LMZ565
UNTIL 1 PM THURSDAY.
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