2009 is rapidly coming to an end and I’d like your help. The National Weather Service in La Crosse sends out a list of weather events from the past year and asks for us to rank the events in order of significance. They then use that data to compile a Top 10 Weather Events for [...]
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Early Season Snow Can Be Tricky To Forecast
It’s that time of year. The days are getting shorter, the temperatures are usually getting colder and the job of forecasting the weather becomes harder. Around here, more often than not, if any precipitation is in the forecast from April through October… it will fall as rain. Of course we can get snow in April [...]
We Weren’t Alone With Our Cold & Wet October
NOAA, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, recently released the statewide and national ranks based on temperature and precipitation data from this past October. In case you forgot, it was very wet and cool around here last month. 5.67″ of rain fell in La Crosse during October, making it the 4th wettest October on [...]
Weather For First Week Of School Gets An A-
The first day of school for most districts in the region was yesterday, making this a big week for kids… and parents too. It’s a week that can be filled with all sorts of emotions, ranging from excited or happy… to scared or sad… to brave or nervous. And I’m not just talking about the kids here.
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“Average” vs “Normal”
Everyday, meteorologists talk about what is “average” or what is “normal”. For example, we’ll talk about the average or normal high and low temperature for the day. I prefer to use the term “average”, as I’m in the school of thought that questions whether there really is such a thing as “normal” when it comes to [...]