ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 032312 SPC MCD 032312 WIZ000-MIZ000-MNZ000-040115- Mesoscale Discussion 0187 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0512 PM CST Sun Mar 03 2024 Areas affected...Parts of northwest Wisconsin Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 032312Z - 040115Z Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent SUMMARY...A strong storm or two capable of locally damaging gusts cannot be ruled out during the next few hours across parts of northwest Wisconsin. DISCUSSION...Latest radar data from MPX indicates widely scattered thunderstorms streaming northward across northwest Wisconsin, largely aided by strong low-level warm-air advection beneath the left exit region of a robust upper-level jet streak. Given the focused synoptic and mesoscale ascent, this activity will likely continue for the next few hours, before a cold front sweeps eastward across the area in the 00-02Z time frame. Prior to the frontal passage, around 50 kt of effective shear (characterized by a long/mostly straight hodograph) could support a marginal supercell or two capable of locally damaging winds. Downward momentum transfer to the surface will be aided by an influx of steep low-level lapse rates amid 40-50 kt of flow in the lowest 1 km AGL (per ARX VWP data). However, limited boundary-layer moisture and related surface-based instability should temper the overall severe risk. ..Weinman/Darrow.. 03/03/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...MQT...GRB...DLH...ARX...MPX... LAT...LON 45059237 45469255 45989256 46509236 46799197 46879144 46709069 46429018 45518994 44869015 44479070 44369131 44479186 45059237 NNNN