Normally we wouldn’t even be talking about the seasonal snowfall totals this far into May because the last of our measurable snow would have occurred weeks or even months ago, but because of our crazy spring that has featured 41.7 inches since of snow officially since March first (the start of “meteorological spring”) we’re posting this now.  The huge snow storm last week produced enough snow in two days to push us into fourth place overall for annual snowfall.  We received 14.0 inches on Thursday in what turned out to be the fourth snowiest single day of measurable snowfall in Rochester’s history and then another half inch fell on Friday in a secondary wave, pushing us into fourth place on that list.  The National Weather Service adjusted the official total earlier this week from 0.3 inches on Friday to 0.5 inches, a small change that made a big difference in our statistical standing. 

An unusually cold and snowy spring pushed Rochester into the top ten chart for annual snowfall. 57.1 inches fell after January.

Given that high temperatures in the 50s, 60s, 70s and possibly 80s are being forecast for the next couple of weeks, we’re thinking snowfall is finished for the season, but we then again we thought that last month too, so stay tuned…and keep your fingers crossed that spring is here to stay!

Posted under snowfall amounts, spring

Another update from NWS La Crosse after today’s snowfall.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
706 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...SNOW DEPTH FINALLY REACHES A FOOT ...

FOLLOWING THE MOST RECENT SNOW STORM...THE OFFICIAL SNOW OBSERVERS
AT THE LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AND ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
REPORTED A SNOW DEPTH OF 12 INCHES OR GREATER. THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME IN OVER TWO YEARS SINCE AN OFFICIAL SNOW DEPTH OF 12 INCHES OR
GREATER HAS OCCURRED.

                          ...LA CROSSE...             ...ROCHESTER...

6 PM MARCH 5TH                  12"                         13"

LAST 12" SNOW DEPTH         FEB 15 2011                 FEB 16 2011

AVERAGE FIRST 12" DEPTH       JAN 15                      JAN 14

AVERAGE LAST  12" DEPTH       FEB 11                      FEB 25

Posted under Rochester, snowfall amounts

Here we ago again! A couple of weeks removed from the biggest snow storm we have seen in the last two Winters and we are already talking about a storm that has the potential to one up that.  First to get you up to speed, here’s where we stand so far for the entire Winter.  We are sitting about 9″ below in the snowfall department, but we will have a chance to make most of, if not all of it up with this next Winter Storm.

Now on to the storm.  It will likely come in two distinct waves.  The first overnight and into late Tuesday morning with second push of moderate to heavy snow falling from Monday evening into Tuesday afternoon.  In between, during Monday afternoon, lighter snow will persist with a few breaks.  We could have a couple of inches on the ground by the morning commute, especially in Austin, Albert Lea and surrounding areas.  A general 2-4″ can be expected by Monday evening with the initial burst of moderate to heavy snow.  The better chance for the significant accumulation will come with the second push.  Below is how the storm will likely play out.

Above is the first band of snow moving in overnight that could cause a slippery morning commute.  After this initial band moves through, the snow is expected to become lighter for the time being until it picks up again later in the evening.

The second burst of moderate to heavy is snow is likely where we will pick up most of our accumulation.  Monday night is when we will likely see the heaviest snow.  The snow is expected to shut off by the late afternoon on Tuesday.  This will be a long duration snow event with two distinct snow episodes.  Here is the latest.  Isolated higher amounts could be possible in the purple outline.

A change in the track could have big impacts on the forecast.  Stay with KTTC for the latest.

Posted under climate, snowfall amounts, winter, winter weather

It’s just about 3:30 in the morning and a lot of places around the area have in between 3-4 inches of snow with some spots a bit higher than that.  Here are some of the latest storm totals we have

McIntire, IA — 4.5″

Winona — 4″

KTTC Studios (NW Rochester) –3.5″

Downtown Rochester (St. Marys) — 3.0″”

Wabasha — 3.2″

La Crosse, WI — 3.0

A few heavier bands of snow were still found on radar.  Be on the lookout for heavier bursts of snow.  Most area roadways are snow covered with several inches of snow this morning.  For the latest forecasts and school closings, check in with NewsCenter today at 5:30

Posted under Snow Totals, snowfall amounts, winter weather

Yet another clipper system slid through the region Monday night, producing two distinct bands of snow in the area; one around midnight and another during the morning commute. We picked uo about half an inch in the first round and one to three inches with the quick burst of heavier activity in the morning. It looks like another weak disturbance will bring half an inch to an inch of snow between Wednesday afternoon and evening through early Thursday. A heavier round of snow still lurks in the 7 day forecast for the weekend, especially on Sunday, but it’s too early to pin down too many details at this point. In the meantime, here’s a look at some of Tuesday morning’s snowfall totals from the National Weather Service in LaCrosse:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
947 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2013

…LATEST SNOWFALL REPORTS…

LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE LAT/LON

IOWA

…ALLAMAKEE…
LANSING 4SE 0.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.32N/91.16W

…CHICKASAW…
IONIA 2W T IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.03N/92.50W
NEW HAMPTON 0.5 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.06N/92.31W

…CLAYTON…
ELKADER 6SSW 0.2 IN 0700 AM 02/05 42.78N/91.45W
MONONA WWTP 0.5 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.04N/91.40W
VOLGA 1NE 0.3 IN 0700 AM 02/05 42.81N/91.52W

…FAYETTE…
CLERMONT 0.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.00N/91.66W
FAYETTE T IN 0700 AM 02/05 42.85N/91.82W

…FLOYD…
CHARLES CITY 0.2 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.06N/92.67W

…HOWARD…
CRESCO 1NE 0.6 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.39N/92.09W
ELMA T IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.24N/92.44W

…MITCHELL…
OSAGE T IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.28N/92.81W

…WINNESHIEK…
CALMAR 0.5 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.18N/91.87W

MINNESOTA

…DODGE…
2 SSE CLAREMONT 0.5 IN 0732 AM 02/05 44.01N/92.98W
2 SSE CLAREMONT 0.5 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.01N/92.99W
2 ESE MANTORVILLE 1.0 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.05N/92.72W

…FILLMORE…
LANESBORO 1.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.72N/91.97W
2 SSE PILOT MOUND 0.7 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.79N/92.03W

…HOUSTON…
2 ENE WILMINGTON 0.2 IN 0800 AM 02/05 43.56N/91.51W

…MOWER…
AUSTIN 1.2 IN 0947 AM 02/05 43.67N/92.97W
AUSTIN WASTE WATER TREATMENT F 0.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.65N/92.97W
ELKTON 1.5 IN 0943 AM 02/05 43.66N/92.71W

…OLMSTED…
BYRON 4 NORTH 1.8 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.09N/92.64W
ELGIN 2SSW 1.3 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.10N/92.27W
ORONOCO 1.8 IN 0817 AM 02/05 44.16N/92.54W
PINE ISLAND 2S 2.2 IN 0922 AM 02/05 44.19N/92.65W
1 SE ROCHESTER 2.0 IN 0944 AM 02/05 44.00N/92.46W
ROCHESTER AP 2NE 0.2 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.93N/92.48W

…WABASHA…
MAZEPPA 5SE 2.5 IN 0837 AM 02/05 44.21N/92.48W
THEILMAN 1SSW 3.5 IN 0830 AM 02/05 44.28N/92.19W
WABASHA 1.2 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.38N/92.05W

…WINONA…
ALTURA 5W 1.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.06N/92.04W
4 SW ELBA 3.3 IN 0929 AM 02/05 44.04N/92.06W
GOODVIEW 0.5 IN 0741 AM 02/05 44.07N/91.71W
LEWISTON 0.5 IN 0739 AM 02/05 43.99N/91.87W
MINNESOTA CITY DAM 5 0.5 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.16N/91.81W
WINONA 2.0 IN 0826 AM 02/05 44.05N/91.66W

WISCONSIN

…ADAMS…
MONROE CENTER 1E T IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.11N/89.92W

…CLARK…
NEILLSVILLE 3ESE T IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.54N/90.53W
OWEN 2N 0.3 IN 0800 AM 02/05 44.98N/90.55W

…CRAWFORD…
DESOTO 1SE 0.4 IN 0721 AM 02/05 43.41N/91.19W
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 0.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.05N/91.13W
STEUBEN 4SE 0.5 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.13N/90.84W

…GRANT…
LANCASTER 4WSW 0.4 IN 0800 AM 02/05 42.83N/90.79W

…JACKSON…
HATFIELD DAM 0.1 IN 0743 AM 02/05 44.41N/90.73W
MATHER 3NW T IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.17N/90.35W

…LA CROSSE…
LA CROSSE 4NNW 0.5 IN 0730 AM 02/05 43.87N/91.27W
2 NW ONALASKA 0.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.90N/91.24W

…MONROE…
4 WNW KENDALL T IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.81N/90.44W
TUNNEL CITY 0.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.01N/90.57W
WARRENS 4WSW 1.0 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.10N/90.59W

…RICHLAND…
RICHLAND CENTER 1NW T IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.36N/90.42W
RICHLAND CENTER 4N T IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.40N/90.39W

…TAYLOR…
MEDFORD 0.5 IN 0800 AM 02/05 45.13N/90.34W

…TREMPEALEAU…
ETTRICK 4WNW 0.7 IN 0701 AM 02/05 44.19N/91.34W
GALESVILLE 3ENE 0.6 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.09N/91.29W
OSSEO 0.2 IN 0700 AM 02/05 44.58N/91.22W

…VERNON…
HILLSBORO WSW 0.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.65N/90.35W
LA FARGE 0.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.57N/90.64W
ONTARIO 3E T IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.72N/90.53W
STODDARD 0.4 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.66N/91.22W
VIROQUA 0.3 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.56N/90.88W
WESTBY 3ENE 0.2 IN 0700 AM 02/05 43.67N/90.81W

Posted under snowfall amounts

Our active, “Albert Clipper heavy” weather pattern continues this week as each day seems to bring a light “dusting” of snow and temperatures remain fairly typical for this time of the year. In other words, no arctic air or temps in the 40s to talk about right now. We’ve had four of these fast moving, light snow producing clipper type systems in the past five days and it looks like we’ll have have another two or so this week before the pattern changes. The next round will be tonight when an inch or so of snow is expected to fall in much of the area. Another may bring less than an inch late Wednesday and Wednesday night. Here’s a look at some of the snowfall amounts from Sunday night’s snow event. The totals listed were compiled by the National Weather Service in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The seasonal snowfall total for Rochester currently stands at 19.9 inches. We registered 24 inches in all of last winter, so we’re not far from surpassing that total already this season.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
929 AM CST MON FEB 4 2013

…LATEST SNOWFALL REPORTS…

LOCATION                       AMOUNT    TIME/DATE       LAT/LON

IOWA

…ALLAMAKEE…
WAUKON 8NW                     2.3 IN    0714 AM 02/04   43.34N/91.60W
LANSING 4SE                    1.8 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.32N/91.16W
WAUKON                         2.0 IN    0600 AM 02/04   43.27N/91.47W

…CLAYTON…
ELKADER 6SSW                   0.3 IN    0700 AM 02/04   42.78N/91.45W
STRAWBERRY POINT               T IN      0700 AM 02/04   42.69N/91.53W
VOLGA 1NE                      0.2 IN    0700 AM 02/04   42.81N/91.52W
MONONA WWTP                    3.4 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.04N/91.40W
GUTTENBERG DAM 10              0.5 IN    0600 AM 02/04   42.79N/91.10W
EDGEWOOD                       0.3 IN    0505 AM 02/04   42.65N/91.40W

…HOWARD…
ELMA                           0.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.24N/92.44W
CRESCO 1NE                     2.1 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.39N/92.09W

…MITCHELL…
OSAGE                          0.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.28N/92.81W

…WINNESHIEK…
4 S SATTRE                     2.1 IN    0624 AM 02/04   43.34N/91.64W

MINNESOTA

…DODGE…
3 SSE KASSON                   1.6 IN    0739 AM 02/04   43.99N/92.73W
2 ESE MANTORVILLE              1.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.05N/92.72W
2 SSE CLAREMONT                1.6 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.01N/92.99W

…FILLMORE…
PRESTON 1SSE                   1.3 IN    0820 AM 02/04   43.66N/92.08W
LANESBORO                      1.7 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.72N/91.97W
SPRING VALLEY 3E               4.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.68N/92.33W
2 SSE PILOT MOUND              1.0 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.79N/92.03W

…HOUSTON…
2 ENE WILMINGTON               2.2 IN    0800 AM 02/04   43.56N/91.51W
SPRING GROVE 4N                0.8 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.61N/91.62W
RENO 3SW                       1.6 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.60N/91.28W
1 NNW LA CRESCENT              2.0 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.83N/91.31W

…MOWER…
1 W AUSTIN                     1.0 IN    0858 AM 02/04   43.67N/92.99W
AUSTIN WASTE WATER TREATMENT F 1.0 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.65N/92.97W
LYLE 2NE                       2.8 IN    0541 AM 02/04   43.54N/92.92W

…OLMSTED…
BYRON 4 NORTH                  1.4 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.09N/92.64W
ROCHESTER AP 2NE               1.7 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.93N/92.48W
3 W ROCHESTER                  1.3 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.01N/92.53W
ELGIN 2SSW                     1.2 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.10N/92.27W
ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPOR 1.7 IN    0600 AM 02/04   43.91N/92.50W

…WABASHA…
THEILMAN 1SSW                  1.9 IN    0815 AM 02/04   44.28N/92.19W
4 SSW ZUMBRO FALLS             1.4 IN    0750 AM 02/04   44.24N/92.46W
WABASHA                        1.0 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.38N/92.05W

…WINONA…
GOODVIEW                       1.8 IN    0811 AM 02/04   44.07N/91.71W
MINNESOTA CITY DAM 5           1.7 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.16N/91.81W
ALTURA 5W                      1.6 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.06N/92.04W
TREMPEALEAU DAM 6              2.0 IN    0600 AM 02/04   44.00N/91.44W
LA CRESCENT DAM 7              2.0 IN    0600 AM 02/04   43.87N/91.31W
WINONA DAM 5A                  2.0 IN    0600 AM 02/04   44.09N/91.67W

WISCONSIN

…ADAMS…
MONROE CENTER 1E               1.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.11N/89.92W
FRIENDSHIP                     1.7 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.98N/89.83W

…BUFFALO…
ALMA DAM 4                     1.0 IN    0600 AM 02/04   44.33N/91.92W

…CLARK…
OWEN 2N                        T IN      0800 AM 02/04   44.98N/90.55W
NEILLSVILLE 3ESE               T IN      0700 AM 02/04   44.54N/90.53W

…CRAWFORD…
MOUNT ZION 2NW                 2.0 IN    0911 AM 02/04   43.29N/90.87W
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN               1.6 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.05N/91.13W
STEUBEN 4SE                    2.0 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.13N/90.84W
FERRYVILLE 4ESE                T IN      0700 AM 02/04   43.33N/91.02W
LYNXVILLE DAM 9                2.5 IN    0600 AM 02/04   43.21N/91.10W

…GRANT…
LANCASTER 4WSW                 2.8 IN    0800 AM 02/04   42.83N/90.79W
LANCASTER                      2.0 IN    0700 AM 02/04   42.85N/90.71W

…JACKSON…
1 WNW VAUDREUIL                1.3 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.32N/90.83W
HATFIELD DAM                   0.1 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.41N/90.73W

…LA CROSSE…
LA CROSSE 4NNW                 2.0 IN    0730 AM 02/04   43.87N/91.27W
2 NW ONALASKA                  1.8 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.90N/91.24W
WEST SALEM                     1.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.90N/91.09W
FOUR CORNERS                   1.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.07N/90.92W
NWS LA CROSSE                  1.8 IN    0632 AM 02/04   43.82N/91.19W
ONALASKA                       1.8 IN    0614 AM 02/04   43.89N/91.22W
LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT    2.0 IN    0600 AM 02/04   43.88N/91.26W

…MONROE…
SPARTA HIGHWAY DEPT            1.0 IN    0800 AM 02/04   43.94N/90.80W
1 ENE MELVINA                  1.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.81N/90.76W
4 WNW KENDALL                  0.7 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.81N/90.44W
TUNNEL CITY                    1.6 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.01N/90.57W

…RICHLAND…
RICHLAND CENTER 4N             T IN      0700 AM 02/04   43.40N/90.39W
RICHLAND CENTER 1NW            1.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.36N/90.42W
RICHLAND CENTER                1.8 IN    0534 AM 02/04   43.34N/90.38W
RICHLAND CENTER                2.0 IN    0534 AM 02/04   43.34N/90.39W

…TREMPEALEAU…
GALESVILLE 3ENE                1.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.09N/91.29W
OSSEO                          1.0 IN    0700 AM 02/04   44.58N/91.22W
ETTRICK 4WNW                   2.0 IN    0659 AM 02/04   44.19N/91.34W
WHITEHALL 2W                   2.0 IN    0559 AM 02/04   44.37N/91.36W

…VERNON…
STODDARD 2NE                   1.6 IN    0740 AM 02/04   43.69N/91.18W
VALLEY 1NW                     2.0 IN    0711 AM 02/04   43.65N/90.55W
STODDARD 5NNE                  1.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.72N/91.17W
STODDARD                       1.5 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.66N/91.22W
WESTBY 3ENE                    1.4 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.67N/90.81W
VIROQUA                        1.3 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.56N/90.88W
HILLSBORO WSW                  2.0 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.65N/90.35W
LA FARGE                       1.6 IN    0700 AM 02/04   43.57N/90.64W
GENOA DAM 8                    1.0 IN    0600 AM 02/04   43.57N/91.23W

Posted under snowfall amounts

The graphic below is a general idea of yesterday’s snowfall. Unofficial totals. While Rochester is in the 2-3″ band, our official total at the airport is 1.8″. I got the same at my house in southeast Rochester.

Here are some other totals reported to the NWS La Crosse office. Grand Meadow was the big winner at 3″, Austin was shortly behind at 2.5″.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
712 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2012

...RECENT REPORTED SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA...

LOCATION                   SNOWFALL    TIME     LAT/LON

NORTHEAST IOWA

...CLAYTON COUNTY...
GUTTENBERG                 1.0         0700 AM  42.79N 91.10W
VOLGA                      0.8         0700 AM  42.81N 91.52W

...FLOYD COUNTY...
CHARLES CITY COOP          1.3         0700 AM  43.08N 92.67W

...MITCHELL COUNTY...
ST ANSGAR                  1.6         0700 AM  43.37N 92.83W

SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

...FILLMORE COUNTY...
SPRING VALLEY              2.1         0700 AM  43.69N 92.39W
LANESBORO                  2.0         0700 AM  43.72N 91.97W

...MOWER COUNTY...
GRAND MEADOW               3.0         0700 AM  43.71N 92.56W

...OLMSTED COUNTY...
ROCHESTER KTTC TV          2.0         0658 AM  44.08N 92.51W
ROCHESTER AIRPORT          1.8         0658 AM  43.91N 92.50W
ROCHESTER AP 2NE           1.8         0700 AM  43.93N 92.48W

...WABASHA COUNTY...
WABASHA                    1.8         0700 AM  44.39N 92.05W

...WINONA COUNTY...
WINONA                     1.0         0700 AM  44.09N 91.67W
LA CRESCENT DAM 7          1.0         0700 AM  43.87N 91.31W

SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN

...BUFFALO COUNTY...
ALMA DAM 4                 1.1         0700 AM  44.33N 91.92W

...CLARK COUNTY...
NEILLSVILLE 3SW            1.0         0700 AM  44.53N 90.64W

...CRAWFORD COUNTY...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN           0.7         0700 AM  43.05N 91.13W
STEUBEN 4SE                0.5         0700 AM  43.13N 90.84W
LYNXVILLE DAM 9            0.5         0700 AM  43.21N 91.10W

...JUNEAU COUNTY...
NECEDAH                    1.6         0700 AM  44.00N 90.04W

...LA CROSSE COUNTY...
LA CROSSE 5SE              2.2         0700 AM  43.77N 91.15W
LA CROSSE NWS              1.8         0610 AM  43.82N 91.19W
LA CROSSE ASOS             1.8         0700 AM  43.88N 91.26W
LA CROSSE WFO              1.8         0700 AM  43.82N 91.19W

...TREMPEALEAU COUNTY...
OSSEO                      1.7         0700 AM  44.58N 91.22W
GALESVILLE 3ENE            1.1         0700 AM  44.09N 91.29W
TREMPEALEAU DAM 6          0.9         0700 AM  44.00N 91.44W

...VERNON COUNTY...
STODDARD 2NE               1.0         0610 AM  43.69N 91.18W

Posted under snowfall amounts

Rochester has received 16.1″ of snowfall this season so far. 15.9″ for meteorological winter (since December 1st). Snowfall seasons are measured from July 1st through June 30th, just to make sure there aren’t any loopholes. So, if we were to not receive any additional accumulation of snow the rest of the season, this would be the 3rd lowest snow on a season ever…on record. Below are the records for seasonal snowfall in Rochester. It has been many years since any snowfall season hit the top 10 lowest…since the 1967-68 season.

Seasonal Snowfall

Posted under Rochester, snowfall amounts

After a day of freezing drizzle, we had to deal with some pretty messy road conditions on Monday morning thanks to the addition of some light to moderate snowfall across the area.  Totals were generally in a one to three inch range with a few outliers:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
416 PM CST MON JAN 23 2012

…RECENT REPORTED SNOWFALL TOTALS…

LOCATION       SNOWFALL   TIME    LAT/LON

NORTHEAST IOWA

…MITCHELL COUNTY…
RICEVILLE                     1.8         0244 PM  43.36N 92.55W

SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

…DODGE COUNTY…
MANTORVILLE                   3.0         1130 AM 44.07N 92.76W

…FILLMORE COUNTY…
PETERSON 1S                   2.0         1010 AM 43.78N 91.83W

…WABASHA COUNTY…
OAK CENTER                    3.5         1146 AM 44.35N 92.4W
WABASHA 5S                    2.7         1133 AM 44.32N 92.05W

…WINONA COUNTY…
WINONA                        2.6         0245 PM 44.05N 91.66W

SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN

…CLARK COUNTY…
WITHEE                        2.0         1128 AM 44.96N 90.6W
LONGWOOD                      1.0         1128 AM 44.89N 90.6W

…JACKSON COUNTY…
BLACK RIVER FALLS             2.5         1107 AM 44.30N 90.85W
MERRILLAN                     2.0         1108 AM 44.45N 90.84W

…JUNEAU COUNTY…
NEW LISBON 2N                 1.3         1120 AM 43.90N 90.17W
NECEDAH 3SE                   1.0         1109 AM 43.98N 90.04W
MAUSTON WRJC RADIO            1.0         1113 AM 43.82N 90.07W

…MONROE COUNTY…
SPARTA 2S                     2.5         1058 AM 43.88N 90.82W
WARRENS 5WSW                  2.0         1102 AM 44.11N 90.59W

…TAYLOR COUNTY…
WESTBORO 4E                   2.6         1105 AM 45.35N 90.26W
PERKINSTOWN 5E                1.5         1106 AM 45.20N 90.51W
JUMP RIVER 1N                 1.2         1117 AM 45.37N 90.8W

…TREMPEALEAU COUNTY…
OSSEO                         1.7         1135 AM 44.58N 91.22W
ARCADIA                       1.3         1133 AM 44.25N 91.49W
INDEPENDENCE 3NE              1.0         0244 PM 44.39N 91.39W

…VERNON COUNTY…
STODDARD 5NNE                 2.8         1136 AM 43.72N 91.17W

Rochester picked up 2.6 inches of snow officially, while we measured 3.0 inches her at KTTC. That brings our total to 7.4 inches for January and 16.0 inches for the winter which is still a foot of snow below average for the season.
We’ll have just a couple of rounds of light snow or flurries in the coming days, but little or no accumulation is expected at least for another week. Unfortunately, one of those chances is tonight as a weak disturbance brings some clouds and light snow showers to the region for the overnight period, likely interfering with our chances of seeing what looks to be an impressive aurora show (northern lights.) Keep your fingers crossed, perhaps there will be a few breaks in the clouds!

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It looks like we will be seeing more of the flakes once we get past the weekend.  Sunday looks to be pleasant with temps right around the freezing mark, but then some changes come back into the forecast.  For all the snow lovers it looks like we will get some more more accumulating snow by the end of the week, but it will come in spurts.  That one big storm is still not showing up on the radar at this point.

It looks like the next chance for accumulating snow could come during the second half Monday and through the morning hours of  Tuesday as an upper level disturbance slides by the area.

Futurecast showing our next chance of snow later in the day on Monday

We should get a break from the snow until another  upper lever system slides by on Thursday and again on Friday.  The timing of these systems could change as the days go on, but we will continue to monitor them and fine tune timing issues as we get closer.  Again, not expecting anything major with these few features that will be passing through over the next 7 days, but a couple inches here and a couples inches there could add up by the weekend for snow lovers.  Actual totals for each little wave will be fine tuned as they get closer as well.

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