If, for some reason you did not get the snow off your dooryard it may be there until spring. N.O.A.A. did forecast snow for half the day and some form of icy precipitation for the rest of it. We did have the snow, and there was a period of mixed sleet and freezing rain, but it did not last for the entire afternoon. There were even a few peeks of sunshine late, but too late to help the temperature.
For the overnight the N.W.S. forecasts no precipitation, although the cloud cover is expected to remain static until around 04:00 hours (59%/59%/58%/42%). The NEXRAD regional radar is clear this evening with no storms showing. The Weather Underground model forecast maps are a different story. There appears to be a storm moving in for very early Monday morning, and another one for Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. We certainly seem to be stuck in this pattern of another snowstorm every two to three days. This could pile up to be some significant snow by the end of the winter. Already we have had about 34 inches of snow.
My Weather Stick continues to frown at 89% relative humidity. The La Crosse Weather Station forecasts foul weather with falling barometric pressure. The Min/Max Thermometer sees unsettled weather with rising barometric pressure and the remote weather station forecasts clouds with rising barometric pressure. The high temperatures in the same order were 33.8°F, 36.0°F and 33.4°F. I think the best I can come up with is a middle ground of unsettled weather where we may or may not have any precipitation. It may get colder than predicted, but I am just not sure of this one. There are just too many variables.
High Temperature (°F): 33.8\
Current Temperature (°F): 32.5
Relative Humidity: 89%
Dew Point (°F): 29.8
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 29.88
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 32.5
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (PM): Overcast
Cloud Type: Stratus
Weather Stick: Down
Comparative data for today.
Temperature25°F/27.5°F//31°F/28.7°F//36°F/33.6°F//35°F/33.0°F.
Relative Humidity: 100%/89%//88%/89%//79%/88%//72%/87%
The N.W.S. had all four temperature forecasts within the set limits. There just was not much temperature change during the day because there was not much sunshine. Only the middle two relative humidity forecasts were close to the actual readings recorded by the La Cross Weather Station. This was not a great result, but it was not bad either, just sort of ordinary.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 31°F/29°F/27°F/23°F.
Relative Humidity: 88%/85%/85%/92%

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