MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0091
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0446 PM CST THU FEB 05 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF WI
   
   CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW 
   
   VALID 052246Z - 060445Z
   
   MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH HOURLY ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH WILL
   DEVELOP NEWD FROM SWRN/SCENTRAL WI INTO ECENTRAL/NERN WI THROUGH
   06/03Z. THE MOST LIKELY AXIS FOR THE LONGEST DURATION OF HEAVY SNOW
   WILL BE ROUGHLY FROM MONROE TO GREEN BAY THROUGH 06/04Z.  
   
   STRONG MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETIC FORCING AIDING IN BANDED HEAVY SNOW
   EVENT OVER PORTIONS OF ERN IA WILL DEVELOP NEWD INTO PORTIONS OF
   SRN/CENTRAL WI THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AHEAD OF MID LEVEL
   VORTICITY CENTER OVER NRN MO AT 05/22Z. SFC-850 MB LAYER OVER THE
   AREA WAS RELATIVELY DRY...SUPPORTED BY ENELY LOW LEVEL FLOW
   ORIGINATING FROM SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER LK SUPERIOR.
   HOWEVER...STRENGTH OF THE MESOSCALE LIFT ASST/D WITH THE
   FRONTOGENETIC FORCING AND RAPID PRECIP DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH MODEST
   WAA AND PROLONGED DURATION OF STRONG LIFT SHOULD ALLOW FOR HEAVY
   PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT FROM SW TO NE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 02/05/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GRB...MKX...DVN...ARX...
   
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