595 FXUS63 KGRB 131756 AFDGRBArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1256 PM CDT Sat Sep 13 2025
Updated aviation portion for 18Z TAF issuance
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Areas of fog late tonight into early Sunday morning. Fog may be dense at times, resulting in locally hazardous travel.
- Mainly dry with above normal temperatures through early this week. Chances of showers and thunderstorms during the mid to late part of the week, with a significant cool down possible Friday and Saturday.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 350 AM CDT Sat Sep 13 2025
Showers associated with a strong short-wave trough were moving out of the region early this morning, but a NW-SE oriented band of thunderstorms on the nose of 25-30 kt LLJ was ongoing just southwest of the forecast area. These storms could brush the far SW/S part of the forecast area early today, but most of the rain should be gone by 14z-15z. Although some surface-based instability will develop across the southwest half of the forecast area this afternoon, significant CINH and a building upper ridge should prevent convection from forming. High temperatures should warm into the middle 70s to lower 80s. Good radiational cooling conditions should set up tonight, with partly cloudy skies and light east winds, so areas of fog look like a good bet. Patchy dense fog could result in locally hazardous driving conditions into early Sunday morning.
Dry weather returns for the rest of the weekend and early next week as strong upper level ridging occurs, and high pressure over Ontario ridges into NE WI. A chance of showers and storms arrives during the mid to late part of the next work week, as the upper ridge shifts east and an upper trough and cold front edge east across the region.
Temperatures will remain above normal through much of the next week, with highs reaching the upper 70s to middle 80s on most days. A cool down is expected Friday into Saturday in the wake of the cold frontal passage.
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.AVIATION...for 18Z TAF Issuance Issued at 1247 PM CDT Sat Sep 13 2025
Rain cooled air flowing north out of earlier storms over southern WI and Lake Michigan has resulted in scattered to broken low MVFR stratus developing over much of east-central WI, including the Fox Valley. Expect this stratus to scatter out the rest of the afternoon. VFR conditions will prevail this evening, but areas of fog and stratus should redevelop in the late evening and overnight hours, resulting in IFR/LIFR conditions in many areas. The fog and low stratus will diminish by 14z-15z on Sunday, leaving VFR conditions the rest of the day.
SE winds of 5 to 10 kts are expected this afternoon, becoming light from the E tonight into Sunday.
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.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None.
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DISCUSSION.....Kieckbusch AVIATION.......JLA
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