Ever Use the Winter Monitor?
The NWS La Crosse has developed a page where you can gather information pertinent to planning and preparing for inclement winter weather: the Winter Monitor. Many of you have used the page in the past, but some of you have not. Now is the time to try it out, take it for a "test spin", and discover how useful it can be when those harsh winter storms move in.
- Maps of snowfall and ice - what is expected and has occurred
- Forecasts, including any Watches/Warnings/Advisories
- Latest snowfall totals
- Wind chill (calculate your own!)
- Links to road conditions
- Local webcams
New this year:
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- Probability of precipitation type: this is an experimental tabular product that displays the chance and amount of expected winter precipitation types for a specific time. For more details on how to use/read this product, and how it can be of value to you, consult the probability of precipitation type key . Let us know what you think about this new product.
- Probabilistic snowfall/ice forecast: these graphical products (produced by the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center) display the chances of snow or freezing rain by amount and time.