600 FXUS63 KMKX 140345 AFDMKX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 945 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 .UPDATE...EXPECT CLEARING TO SWEEP ACROSS SOUTHERN WI OVERNIGHT AS MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO FALL TO AROUND ZERO IN THE FAR WEST...WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO. FLURRIES SHOULD END IN THE EAST SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. && .AVIATION/06Z TAFS/...BACK EDGE OF MVFR STRATUS BEGINNING TO PUSH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL WI. EXPECT GRADUAL CLEARING OF STRATUS THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN WI. BANKING ON DRYING IN THE LOW LEVELS AND INCREASING SUBSIDENCE BEHIND PASSING 700H SHORT WAVE WILL PREVENT STRATUS FROM REDEVELOPING. POSSIBLE ANOTHER AREA OF STRATUS CURRENTLY UPSTREAM IN NORTHWEST MN/ERN DAKOTAS AFFECTS PARTS OF SOUTHERN WI LATE MON AFTN AND MON NGT. && .MARINE...WILL CONTINUE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AS SHORELINE SITES REPORTING WIND GUSTS INTO THE LOWER 20 KNOT RANGE. STILL EXPECTING PRESSURE GRADIENT TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW WIND GUSTS TO DROP BELOW 22 KNOTS BY SUNRISE. STRONG LOW PRESSURE PASSING TO THE NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS MAY REACH GALE FORCE LEVELS. GALE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THIS PERIOD. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST MONDAY FOR LMZ643>646. && $$ KAVINSKY