we're well below average on snow so all I can ask is that temps are either around average or above. No longer want to be regularly waking up to below zero windchills and highs below 25
Average temp of 14.4 at MSN, -5.0 on the month. 9.1" of snow which is 4.6" below average and only .48" of precip. good for 18th driest and nearly a whole inch below average. Hoping for a wetter pattern later this month or in March.
2nd week of February looks cold, likely a less severe version of what occurred the second week of February last year. Good chance that some very cold air sneaks into the southern plains. After that the SE ridge starts to flex a bit more again.
Looks like -21 is the low at the house. About 15 more minutes of cooling left to beat that. Airport down to -17.
coldest temps in Wisconsin I could find were -35 in Black River Falls and -32 in Sparta
Tuesday night looks to be the coldest night of the season here, point has -17 right now. Wednesday mornings record was -23 set back in 2019 and looks just out of reach
I would be shocked if we got a SSW event this year. The stratospheric vortex has been very resilient and has stayed stable despite multiple pulses of upward energy from the troposphere. Also the GFS has tried multiple times in the long range to break down the vortex only to back off
Ceilings lowering now. Expecting about 2” ending around 8 or 9 am. The snow this morning was a breeze to shovel. The wind might just shovel it for me tomorrow before I get a chance
Got a coat of icing with the first round and a DAB. Tonight’s might be the most promising of the bunch.
Also friendly reminder that there is a pivotalwx view that contains the whole sub forum so maps that have the lower Mississippi valley aren’t necessary