Tuesday, March 5, 2013

WX UNIT DISCUSSION 03/05/2013 2310Z

FOR OFFICIAL INFO SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

SPECIAL DISCUSSION....SERN AND ECNTRL WI....

NOTABLE QG FORCING WITH PERSISTENT WARM MOIST SERLY 800 TO 650MB FLOW DRIVING NWWD ACROSS SRN LK MICH CONTINUING TO ENHANCE SOME LOCALIZED HEAVIER SNOW BANDS EMBEDDED IN THE ONGOING AREA OF LIGHT SNOW.  

ONE PARTICULAR HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS PTNS OF MILWAUKEE, OZAUKEE, WAUKESHA, WASHINGTON, DODGE COUNTY, FOND DU LAC, CALUMET AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES.  A STRONG RADAR RETURN AT 2350Z IS NOTED NOW OVER MUCH OF WASHINGTON COUNTY MOVING WWD.

SOME OF THESE HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS THAT HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED COULD ADD AN ADDTL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS BUT IN GENERAL ONLY AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.  

WILL WATCH THE MOVEMENT OF THESE SQUALLS AS THEY COULD EXPAND WWD INTO GREEN LAKE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES WITH THE THREAT OF ADDTL ACCUMULATION THERE ALSO. 

SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING ALSO LIKELY TONIGHT. 

SEE MXK WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MKX

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