Typically when you think of a January playoff game in Green Bay’s Lambeau Field, you think frozen tundra and subzero wind chill indices and maybe a chance for some snow.   Well, for those lucky enough to be headed to the Packers-Vikings game Saturday night in Wisconsin the forecast looks a little more favorable than it typically does as temperatures will be very bearable and snow chances will be held to a minimum.  The only precipitation concern will be a slight chance for a spot of two of freezing drizzle late in the evening toward the end of the game, but the chance for just plain old snow flurries appears to be the better bet while temperatures won’t be tremendously far from the freezing level with mid 20s the likely range for the game.

Temperatures for Saturday evening look to be rather bearable for the NFL playoff game and wind chills will be in the teens to around 20. Not bad for the “frozen tundra!”

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We’re quickly getting used to cooler, more October-like weather right now thanks to a change in our weather pattern that has moved the 70° and 80° warmth out and is allowing some Canadian air into the region.  It looks like we’ll need to keep our jackets handy this weekend and for all of next week as temperatures will not only be seasonably cool, but there may be a couple of days where it’ll actually feel a bit more like November.  Wind gusts today will continue to occasionally reach 35 miles per hour until around sunset when those winds will diminish slightly.  Both Saturday and Sunday will be on the gusty side, but probably not as breezy as our Friday with highs near 60° and west winds occasionally reaching 25 miles per hour.  There will also be a chance for a couple of brief showers or sprinkles late Saturday evening through sunrise Sunday, otherwise things will be bright, sunny, and seasonable over the next few days.  The middle of next week will feature a cool down where temperatures will possibly be around 10 degrees cooler than average for three or four days. 

For those heading out to watch some local high school football games tonight, here’s the forecast:

The NW winds will slowly subside through the course of the game between 7 and 10pm and those brisk winds will keep wind chills in the lower and middle 40s. It will definitely be jacket, gloves, stadium blanket, and hot chocolate weather!

Another thing to expect in the next week will be the release of the official Winter Forecast for the Nation from NOAA.  That will be at 10am next Thursday.  I’m sure we’ll all be keenly interested in what the longer range models and NWS forecasters are predicting for our weather in what is expected to be a La Nina phase in our weather pattern.  The forecast that will be released will be effective December 2011 to February 2012.  Stay tuned!

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It’s a crisp, cool, clear fall day today as high pressure takes control of our region’s weather.  We’ll have highs in the lower 40s this afternoon with a slight northwest breeze while the weekend will feature plenty of sunshine and a nice warm up.   

For those heading out this evening for some exciting high school playoff football action, we actually have a quiet and seasonably cool night ahead of us.  The winds will be on the light side and temperatures will fall off into the 30s in time for kickoff.

We have a crisp and seasonably cool evening ahead of us with temperatures in the 30s across the local area.

Temperatures will cool to around 32° for the fourth quarter while winds will be rather light. 

High temperatures over the weekend will make their way back into the “above average” category with afternoon readings likely in the 50s tomorrow and Sunday.

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