Will I need my shovel this week?
Perhaps, and maybe your ice scraper and some salt pellets too. We’ve got two big weather stories this week: a possible freezing rain event tonight, then an arctic blast of bitterness for the second half of the work week. A low pressure system is heading our way tonight from the southwest, which will bring precip starting this evening and continuing through tomorrow afternoon. Warm temperatures above freezing will begin to drop as the storm passes, but we may see a period of freezing rain tonight before it changes entirely to snow by early tomorrow morning. So that’s no fun.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php ?wfo=mkx&storyid=77673&source=0
Then for the second half of the week, a very cold air mass will bring plenty of unpleasantry to Wisconsin. Highs on Thursday may not even break double digits!
http://weather.unisys.com/gfs/gfs.php?inv=0&plot= 850®ion=us&t=4p2
Today’s Forecast Grade: B
Short-Term Forecast Confidence: Medium
Wisconsin Forecast:
Today’s Conditions: Clouds. Southern Wisconsin could see a light rain shower early this evening.
Today’s High Temps: Just a little warmer than yesterday, around 35.
Today’s Winds: Somewhat breezy from the south, switching to the north late.
Raw Model Data: (combined numerical output range from three different NOAA weather models)
Appleton: Highs 33-36.
Madison: Highs 36-37.
Milwaukee: Highs 39-40.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mos/getall.pl?sta =KATW&sta=KMSN&sta=KMKE
Tonight: Cloudy and becoming windy with light snow and/or freezing rain expected. I am expecting everything to become light snow by early morning as temperatures drop overnight. Lows in the low to mid- 20s.
Tomorrow’s Conditions: Cloudy with light snow on top of our new sheet of ice. Awesome. We may see around 2” of snow before it ends tomorrow afternoon. Travel safely.
Tomorrow’s Temps: Colder than today with stable temperatures in the mid- 20s.
Tomorrow’s Winds: Windy from the northwest.
Extended Outlook:
Conditions: More light snow or flurries on Wednesday night, then more snow is possible Saturday night.
High Temperatures: Really cold through Friday, then warming up. Highs in the mid- to upper teens Wednesday, in the single digits Thursday (!), then back to the mid- to upper teens Friday. We may be back in the 30s this weekend, so you can look forward to that.
Extended Forecast Confidence: Medium
Today Outside of Wisconsin:
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota:
Conditions: Colder today, 1” snow tonight.
High Temperatures: Mid- 20s.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/MN/Minneapolis.htm l
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstra veler/local/USMN0503
Anna, Illinois:
Conditions: Scattered showers. Breezy.
High Temperatures: Upper 50s.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/IL/Anna.html
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstra veler/local/USIL0033
League City, Texas:
Conditions: Cloudy and breezy.
High Temperatures: Lower 70s.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/TX/League_City.htm l
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstra veler/local/USTX0745
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina:
Conditions: Partly cloudy.
High Temperatures: Near 60.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/SC/Hilton_Head_Isl and.html
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstra veler/local/USSC0155
Charlotte, North Carolina:
Conditions: Partly sunny.
High Temperatures: Lower 50s.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/NC/Charlotte.html
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstra veler/local/USNC0121
Las Vegas, Nevada:
Conditions: Sunny and windy.
High Temperatures: Upper 50s.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/NV/Henderson.html
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstra veler/local/USNV0040
Davenport, Florida:
Conditions: Partly cloudy.
High Temperatures: Mid- 70s.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/FL/Davenport.html
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstra veler/local/USFL0104
