Friday, December 5, 2008

Forecast and forecasted snowfall amounts

Dark blue area on map is 2 to close to 3 inch mark...
This forecast is for Northwestern and West Central WI...
Forecast problems will be the chances of snow later today through tonight,also again Sunday through Sunday night,and Tuesday night through Wednesday...Temps going no were but down...

Current Conditions...
First on the docket..Temps for the most part temps are in the lower to middle single digits...Here at the office in Rice Lake we have 0° at the 6 am hour...Closer to the MN boarder temps are closer to the 10 to 13 degree reading..Satellite and SFC OBS showing Cloudy to clear skies..Winds have backed toward the Southwest over night and are around 5 to 8 MPH with windchills ranging from 0 in Osceola to -9 up in Ashland..
SFC ANALYSIS...
Looking at the charts this morning we see the trof that did produce some flurries/light snow now pushing out of WI...Looking upstream into Canada we find a Alberta clipper 1005 MBS.....
Today through Tonight....
Any areas that are seeing clear skies,will see clouds increase rather fast this morning
The clipper is forecasted to move East/Southeast Towards Lake Superior later today and through tonight.This will drag a cold front into and through the area later tonight..Models look to be in agreement for the most part on snow accumulations...Looks like a good 1 to two inches of snow should fall across much of the area...Some areas could pick up 3 inches of snow by time all is said and done...See map for forecasted snowfall....Temps will be warmer tonight as WAA covers the areas before the Cold front pushes through and brings back in CAA...With clouds and snow around temps should only fall into the middle teens..
Saturday through Saturday night...
Clipper and it's cold front pull away from the area..Still could find some snow flurries scattered around the area...Winds rather gusty for the first half of your Saturday,should slacken up in the afternoon..Temps won't get much warmer than Friday night's lows...Thinking upper teens will be about it....System pulls far enough away to bring partly cloudy skies for Saturday night...With strong CAA well under way and winds becoming clam temps should be on either side of 0...
Sunday through Monday night...
Another clipper like system riding down in the pesky Northwest flow shall bring another round of snow for the area Sunday night and into Monday..Sundays highs a degree or two cooler than Saturday..Temps will be warmer for Sunday night with clouds and snow forecasted..Temps should be right around 10 degrees....
Tuesday through Thursday...
Yet another clipper like system to bring in another shot of snow for Tuesday night/Wednesday's time frame....The true Arctic air flows into the area Wednesday night as temps should have no problem getting below 0 with highs on Thursday in the middle to upper single digits....