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Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI
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064 FXUS63 KGRB 241140 AFDGRB Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Green Bay WI 640 AM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025 Updated aviation portion for 12Z TAF issuance .KEY MESSAGES... - First glimpse of early fall expected through early next week with cooler temperatures. Scattered showers will be possible at times, especially today. - Some waterspouts are possible today into Monday across the bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. The greatest potential occurs from late morning through early evening today. - Patchy frost possible in north-central Wisconsin late Monday night and late Tuesday night. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 308 AM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025 An upper low over James Bay will slowly drift southeast through Quebec through early next week. Numerous short-waves will rotate through the western Great Lakes through Tuesday, bringing periodic light shower chances through at tonight. The strongest wave will move through today, when shower chances will exist regionwide, with a few thunderstorms possible. The showers will be concentrated over far NC WI and northern Door County, especially through tonight, when cold northwest flow off the Great Lakes will produce lake-effect rain showers. Despite the arrival of additional shortwaves, the models don`t show much precipitation past tonight, likely due to the arrival of much drier air (PWATs around 0.5 inch). The pattern also favors waterspout development on the bay and Lake Michigan, especially today into Monday. The best combination of lake-induced instability (Lake-850 mb delta-T`s of 16-18 C) and convective cloud depth (10k-20k feet) occurs from the late morning through the early evening today. Dry conditions will persist through at least Wednesday; however, a back door cold front will sag south through the area late Wednesday night through Thursday and bring a small chance of light showers. Although the NBM has finally latched onto this feature in some capacity, raised POPs during this period to reflect better chances of showers than the NBM would suggest by a few percentage points. Mainly dry weather returns late in the week. Much cooler temperatures are expected for the rest of the weekend into early next week, with highs only reaching the upper 50s and 60s through Monday. Depending on cloud cover, there is potential for patchy frost in the Northwoods late Monday night and late Tuesday night, as low temperatures fall into the 30s. Temperatures will slowly moderate back into the 70s by the middle to late part of the week, but still be a few degrees below normal for this time of year. && .AVIATION...for 12Z TAF Issuance Issued at 640 AM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025 The latest RAP analysis and satellite/radar imagery show cool, cyclonic flow encompassing the western Great Lakes late this morning. A deck of MVFR stratus clouds has made it over north- central and central Wisconsin and should continue moving southeast before eventually lifting to VFR later this morning and into the early afternoon for most locations south of north-central Wisconsin. Scattered light shower activity is forecast to become more widespread after 15z and have kept a tempo group at all TAF sites for the afternoon. Skies will then clear out from southwest to northeast tonight as drier air moves into the region. Northwest winds will pick up this morning and become breezy with gusts to 20 kts before subsiding this evening. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION.....Kurimski AVIATION.......Kurimski