TODAY'S FORECAST: High 75°/Low 48°... Clear and cool tonight. Partly cloudy and warmer tomorrow.
Updated Monday, May 21, 2012 at 4:48 PM...
High pressure will keep skies mostly clear tonight. It will be another fairly cool night with morning lows in the upper 40s. Favored cool spots to our north & east could slip into the upper 30s to low 40s. There could even be some patchy frost in these areas.
The high starts shifting to our east on Tuesday. At the same time, a system will build into the Northern Plains. The pressure gradient between the departing high and approaching low will cause winds to pick up again from the south around 10-15 mph. These "warming" winds, along with partly cloudy skies, will warm temps a bit with highs Tuesday in the upper 70s.
Looking Ahead... The disturbance to our west gets closer on Wednesday. As a result, expect a mix of sun and clouds with a slight chance of showers and t-storms later in the day and into Wednesday night. Areas north & west of La Crosse will have the best chance of rain. Expect highs Wednesday to warm into the low to mid 80s thanks to gusty south winds 10-20 mph, with gusts to 30 mph possible.
Breezy and warm conditions continue Thursday, along with a chance for a few showers and t-storms. Friday looks a bit cooler with highs in the mid 70s. We still can't fully rule out a shower or t-storm.
The forecast heading into the Memorial holiday weekend is a bit unclear at this time. The models are indicating a frontal boundary will tip over and stall out across the region west to east. However, they are struggling on where exactly this front will set up (north vs south) and this will be key on how warm we get and how high the rain chances will be. So at this point, we'll keep at least a slight chance of showers and t-storms Saturday through Tuesday, with highs warming well into the 80s by Sunday, then cooling back into the 70s for Memorial Day. As of this morning, the best chance of rain could be on Memorial Day. We will fine tune the holiday weekend forecast through the week as the models hopefully latch on to a more agreeable solution.
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