Forecasters: More snow, as much as 8 inches coming Monday, Tuesday
JANESVILLE—Just what you wanted: more snow.
Forecasters are calling for the month of March usher itself in wildly with another big helping of snowfall – as much as eight inches of it are possible across Rock and Walworth Counties Monday and Tuesday.
Sarah Marquardt, a meteorologist at the Sullivan Office of the National Weather Service, said two low pressure systems are moving in from the Great Plains and southern Canada.
The systems are set to converge in an area just south of Southern Wisconsin on Monday afternoon. Marquardt says that will mean snow starting to fall steadily late Monday night, with the bulk of heavier, sustained snow coming overnight and into Tuesday.
She said most of Rock County and Walworth counties should expect between 6 and 8 inches of wet, heavy snow Monday and Tuesday.
Temperatures should hold steady between 30 and 26, and that could mean some initial freezing rain or sleet late Monday, Marquardt said, before temperatures drop down. Winds could pick up to gusts of 25 miles per hour.
Marquardt said that daytime highs and lows forecast this week are in line with seasonal averages, and significant snowfalls in early March are common in Southern Wisconsin.
But she said as March progresses, daytime highs will begin to gradually spike; highs toward the end of the month should begin pushing into the low 50s, making significant snows less and less likely over the next several weeks.
Mar 4, 2013 at 11:34 a.m.
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NV what do time zones have to do with seasons changing or not?
Mar 4, 2013 at 10:42 a.m.
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5 to 13
Mar 4, 2013 at 10:20 a.m.
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WCLO within 20 minutes reports
5-10,5-12,6-13. Now this one says no more than 8. Which is it?
Mar 4, 2013 at 9:36 a.m.
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Well if it is bad I hope they call it off, last week was a good decision IMO as our rural roads were bad, and the city plowing didn't even start until 5am. So it was a wise and safe decision not to have kids on roads that were not safe for travel.
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Regardless of what the district does, we will be calling in absent if we deem the roads and weather conditions too bad. Safety comes first ! If we need another make up day so be it, only problem I have with the current make up day is that is the Fri. of Memorial weekend when many families will be gone camping or other family vacations, and most likely the school a ghost town with nothing but fluff stuff like movies and such going on. But as I said it is just IMO a bad choice of days...
Mar 4, 2013 at 9:24 a.m.
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How about it Superintendent, classes cancelled tomorrow ? Naw,you were burned at the stake for last weeks day off. You don't want to go through that again. Maybe you should high tail it to China for a couple of days and let someone else make the call.
Mar 4, 2013 at 7:52 a.m.
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I saw on channel 15 this morning we were in the 10-12 range.
Mar 4, 2013 at 7:04 a.m.
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I'll be so glad when spring gets here.
Mar 4, 2013 at 6:29 a.m.
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shopiere.....No unit on time zones in school, huh? Enjoy your "changing seasons." LOL
Mar 3, 2013 at 10:19 p.m.
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"82 here today. Beauuuuuutiful!!" -@8:32pm
That's enough of that.
Mar 3, 2013 at 9:03 p.m.
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(falling to my knees, raising my hands to the heavens and shouting) -- SCOTT WALKER!!
Mar 3, 2013 at 8:53 p.m.
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Really makes that snow day last week look even more ridiculous than it already has looked. Hopefully the forecast ends up not as much as predicted.
Mar 3, 2013 at 8:32 p.m.
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82 here today. Beauuuuuutiful!!
Mar 3, 2013 at 8:23 p.m.
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--- "But she said as March progresses, daytime highs will begin to gradually spike; highs toward the end of the month should begin pushing into the low 50s, making significant snows less and less likely over the next several weeks." ---
Thank you Janesville Gazette for reminding how seasons work.
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