Friday, December 2, 2011
The Forecast
The forecast for tonight and Saturday
Winter Storm Watch goes in effect Saturday Morning
Tonight: a 40 percent chance of snow around or after midnight. Low around 27 South wind 10-15 mph
Saturday: Snow. High in the lower 30’s. Chance of snow 100 percent. Snow amounts 1 to 3 inches.
Saturday Night: Snow and snow maybe heavy at times. Lows in the low 20’s. Chance of perception 100 percent. New snow amounts 3 to 7 inches. Storm Total Accumulations 6 to 9 inches.
Check Back for more updates and any upgrades to the winter storm watch.
Winter Weather Message
Good Friday Everyone,
The Nation Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for area. Snow chances are going to start tonight around or after midnight then increase for the rest of Saturday. Snow accumulations during the day on Saturday look to be 1 to 3 inches and then our night time snow accumulations 3 to 5 inches with storm total 4 to 8 inches. Check back for more updates for more detail information regarding this winter storm. Below is this weather summary from the national weather service in La Crosse. Below the weather summary is winter storm watch bulletin.
Weather Summary
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW IS EXPECTED SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING. THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY...MAKING THIS THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS IN THE FALLING SNOW. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT ON SATURDAY. STRONGER WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT MAY CREATE SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN THE OPEN COUNTRY AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. * SNOW OR SLUSH COVERED ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND LONGER TRAVEL TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Weather Outlook
Happy December Everyone,
December starts with snow on the ground across the region. The snow has ended for our area today but look for our snow chances to come back my Friday and the weekend. Rest of today we can see cloudy skies with the highs only being the low to mid 30's. The wind will be gusting at time with wind speeds of 14-16 mph and as high as 30 mph. Tonight our skies will be partly cloudy and the lows will but in the middle teens. Below is the weather story from the national weather service in lacrosse this is currently what they are thinking is going to happen with our upcoming winter storm. Also below the weather story I have included snow fall totals from the area.
Weather Story From the NWS Lacrosse.
SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA AS OF 9AM..
LOCATION SNOWFALL TIME LAT/LON
MINNESOTA
...DODGE COUNTY...
DODGE CENTER 0.7 0700 AM 44.04N 92.88W
...FILLMORE COUNTY...
PRESTON 0.2 0700 AM 43.67N 92.07W
...MOWER COUNTY...
AUSTIN 0.3 0844 AM 43.67N 92.97W
...OLMSTED COUNTY...
ROCHESTER-DOWNTOWN 0.8 0738 AM 44.01N 92.48W
BYRON 4N 0.6 0700 AM 44.09N 92.65W
ROCHESTER AP 2NE 0.5 0700 AM 43.93N 92.48W
ROCHESTER AIRPORT 0.4 0629 AM 43.91N 92.50W
ELGIN 0.2 0700 AM 44.10N 92.27W
...WABASHA COUNTY...
THEILMAN 0.8 0700 AM 44.28N 92.19W
LAKE CITY COOP 0.5 0700 AM 44.43N 92.28W
WISCONSIN
...CLARK COUNTY...
OWEN 1.2 0700 AM 44.98N 90.55W
...TAYLOR COUNTY...
WESTBORO 4E 1.0 0700 AM 45.35N 90.22W
MEDFORD 1.0 0700 AM 45.13N 90.34W
JUMP RIVER 0.5 0700 AM 45.36N 90.80W
...TREMPEALEAU COUNTY...
OSSEO 0.3 0700 AM 44.58N 91.22W
OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURE. NOT ALL DATA LISTED IS CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.
FOR THIS...AND A WEALTH OF OTHER RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION...
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Weather Outlook
Look for snow to develop in the early morning hours tomorrow through the day on Thursday. The overnight lows will be in the mid to upper 20's and our high's tomorrow will be only in the low 30's. Snow accumulations for our area look to be a dusting up to 1-2 inches. Now looking ahead for Friday and the weekend looks like we are going to have a chance of a good winter storm but it is still early to tell how much snow could fall in our area so stay tuned for more updates on this storm this weekend.
Weather story from the NWS Lacrosse
Monday, August 22, 2011
Today's Hazardous Weather Outlook From NWS Lacrosse
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR SURGES INTO THE AREA. IF STORMS OCCUR...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING MAY RESULT. ADDITIONAL HAZARDS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. IF THE STORMS OCCUR...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING MAY RESULT. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY IF SOME CLEARING CAN OCCUR ON TUESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN THE SEVERE POTENTIAL WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...IF STORMS DEVELOP. REPORTS OF RAINFALL...ANY HAIL OR GUSTY WINDS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED
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