National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

The NWS La Crosse has developed a page where you can gather information pertinent to planning and preparing for inclement winter weather: the Winter Monitor. Many of you have used the page in the past, but some of you have not. Now is the time to try it out, take it for a "test spin", and discover how useful it can be when those harsh winter storms move in.

Highlights:

• Maps of snowfall and ice - what is expected and has occurred
• Forecasts, including any Watches/Warnings/Advisories
• Latest snowfall totals
• Wind chill (calculate your own!)
• Links to road conditions
• Local webcams

New this year:

• Probability of precipitation type: this is an experimental tabular product that displays the chance and amount of expected winter precipitation types for a specific time. For more details on how to use/read this product, and how it can be of value to you, consult the probability of precipitation type key . Let us know what you think about this new product.
• Probabilistic snowfall/ice forecast: these graphical products (produced by the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center) display the chances of snow or freezing rain by amount and time.