Prepared by Great Lakes Weather Service:   Sat. 5-19-12                          6:00 a.m.

Meteorologist:  Tony Schumacher

 

Region 1 - West Central Wisconsin

(Monroe, Jackson, Clark, Eau Claire Counties)     

 

Observed low temperatures last night:

**black locations are mostly non-cranberry sites, measuring temperature 6 feet above ground.

**red locations are from cranberry beds, measuring temperature at vine level.

 

Sparta

47

Camp Douglas / Volk Field

46

Eau Claire

61

Fort McCoy

44

  

 

Augusta

59

Kendall

 

Black River Falls

48

Neillsville

55

Tomah

47

 

 

Mather

53

15 mi. east of Tomah

 

 

Discussion    Saturday will once again be sunny, breezy, and very warm as south winds continue ahead of a cold front in the Plains.  That cold front will edge closer Saturday night allowing the clouds to increase.  Showers and thunderstorms could spread into at least the western half of the state by daybreak Sunday.  The rain will continue Sunday through the region before tapering off by mid-afternoon in western Wisconsin to late evening in eastern sections.  As the front moves away skies should clear off Sunday night.  At this point we think there will be enough wind Sunday night to prevent temperatures from falling to frosty levels. However there would be a better chance of frost Monday night.  Otherwise the weather looks quiet through Wednesday.  The next front and rain chance moves in late Wed. night or Thursday.  Forecast confidence is fairly high.

 

Forecast      **The forecast low temperature is for vine level**    

 

Saturday– Saturday night

      

 

6 – 9 am     

9 am-Noon  

Noon –

3 pm    

3 - 6 pm        

6 – 9 pm      

9 pm-Midnight    

Midnight -

3 am

3 - 6 am

Sky

Mostly clear

Mostly clear

Mostly clear

Mostly clear

Partly cloudy

Partly cloudy

Mostly cloudy

Cloudy

Temp

43 - 66

66- 82

82- 87

84 - 89

71 - 86

62 - 71

54 - 62

53 - 59

Dew  point

40 - 45

44 - 49

48 - 53

49 - 54

50 - 55

51- 56

52 - 57

52 - 57

Wind

S 5 - 15

S 10 - 20

S 10 - 20

S 10 - 20

S 7-13

SSE 5 - 11

SSE 5 - 11

SSE 5 -11

Rain

Chance

  0%

0%

0%

 0%

 0%

0%

30% 

50%

Rain amount

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 - .05”

0 - .10

 

Sunday –  Sunday night

 

 

6 am – Noon

Noon – 6 pm

6 pm - Midnight

Midnight – 6 am

Sky

Cloudy

Cloudy

Gradual clearing

Clear

Temp

52 - 74

69 - 76

51 - 71

38 - 50

Dew Point

52 - 59

48 - 55

42 - 47

38 - 44

Wind

SSW 6 - 13

 

SW to NW 6 - 13

N 6 - 13

N 5 - 12

Rain Chance

  70%

  70%

 20% early

0%

Rain Amount

.05 - .20”

.05 - .15”

0 - .01”

0

 

Mon.  - Mon.  night:                Mostly clear.

High: 69 - 74             Low: 31 - 37, scattered frost possible

 

Tue.  - Tue.  night:                Mostly clear.

High: 74 - 79             Low: 35 - 41

 

Wed.  - Wed.  night:                Partly cloudy.  Then increasing clouds Wed. night with a 30% chance of showers.

High: 79 - 84             Low: 53 - 58

 

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