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Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI
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734 FXUS63 KGRB 020350 AFDGRB Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1050 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025 Updated aviation portion for 06Z TAF issuance .KEY MESSAGES... - Next chance for rain and a storms will be Wednesday afternoon and evening. A few storms may become strong. - Additional chances for rain and storms will be possible Thursday through the holiday weekend, with the best chance for widespread active weather moving through sometime on Saturday. - Temperatures will be above normal through the week, with very warm and humid conditions arriving for the 4th of July. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 234 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025 Weak ridging will keep conditions dry across the region through the rest of the day today and should allow for clear skies again overnight. Attention then turns to the next chance for rain which will arrive Wednesday afternoon and evening. Diurnal heating is expected to hit convective temperatures in the early to mid afternoon, producing around 1000-2000 J/kg surface based CAPE ahead of a relatively weaker upper shortwave. Hodographs show relatively some modest speed shear around 30-40 knots through the column by the afternoon and evening, which may assist any convection in the area. Would expect some rain and thunderstorms to cross the region, with the best potential still focused around central to north-central Wisconsin during the peak heating hours. This may pose a brief severe weather concern, with damaging winds posing the main concern followed by hail. A few meso models do sustain any showers and thunder into the early overnight hours, but would expect any severe potential to drop off rapidly as surface based instability wanes with sunset. A warm front will lift into the region Thursday, bringing with it a warm, muggy, and unstable airmass that will last into Saturday. As a result, diurnal heating may produce some isolated to scattered convection again Thursday and Friday, but more organized storms seem unlikely at this time. Instead, the best potential will arrive along the next cold front on Saturday. Model timing remains uncertain at this time, but general consensus continues to focus on the latter half of the day. If the timing of the wave coincides with peak heating, strong to marginally severe storms could develop, though weaker deep layer shear of 20 to 25 kts remains a mitigating factor. Active weather then appears to again depart the region around the end of the weekend into next week. A very warm holiday weekend lies ahead as well. Temperatures will rise back into the upper 80s by Thursday, with low 90s possible both Friday and Saturday. As a result, heat indices could get into the middle 90s. && .AVIATION...for 06Z TAF Issuance Issued at 1049 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025 Good flying conditions with clear skies and light westerly winds are expected through Wednesday morning. By midday Wednesday, a scattered cu field will develop with cloud bases around 5000-7000 ft AGL. Scattered showers and isolated thunder are also anticipated to drop south/southeast during the afternoon. Given the scattered nature of the convection, continued PROB30 groups at all TAF sites, except RHI where confidence remains higher. A brief wind shift from the west to the northwest will accompany the convection and the potential to produce gusts to 25 kts. Models are showing signs of another wave of convection tracking southeast across the area after sunset. With less confidence in this evolution, have only included PROB30 groups at the central and north-central WI TAF sites. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION.....Uhlmann AVIATION.......Kruk