RSS FeedsIssued by NWS La Crosse, WI
000 AWUS83 KARX 250230 RWSARX IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-251030- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 830 PM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA ON TUESDAY AND WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA ON TUESDAY EVENING. CLOUDS AND RAIN ROTATED AROUND THE LOW...THEREFORE...MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION SAW MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE DAY...WHILE THE RAIN SHOWERS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS IOWA AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS. ALSO...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM THE LOW...NORTHWARD INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. ALONG THIS FRONT...LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WAS SEEN THROUGH THE DAY. TEMPERATURES CONTINUED TO BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 40S AND LOW 50S. LOCALLY...HIGHS RANGED FROM 46 DEGREES AT MEDFORD WISCONSIN AND OELWEIN AND CHARLES CITY IOWA TO 55 DEGREES AT SPARTA WISCONSIN. FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO WISCONSIN...WHICH WILL SPREAD RAINFALL FURTHER NORTH AND EAST. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN WILL FALL IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE LOW...FROM EASTERN IOWA INTO ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN. MEANWHILE ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE PLAINS BRINGING COOLER AIR AND MORE PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO THE WESTERN PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 30S OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA TO THE MID 40S IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS ON WEDNESDAY... THEREFORE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY NEARLY STEADY OR EVEN DROP THROUGH THE DAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION AS THIS FRONT PASSES BY..LEADING TO THE RAIN MIXING WITH...AND POSSIBLY CHANGING OVER COMPLETELY TO SNOW IN SOME LOCATIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY LOOK TO BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. THEN LOOKING TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO NORMAL...WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE MID 20S TO THE MID 30S. SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY IN MOST AREAS...HOWEVER THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN SHIFTING EAST AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES DUE TO BOTH SYSTEMS MOVING AWAY FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. WITH THE EXPECTED SNOW AND COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA TO SEE SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. $$ BROOKS
