Cool weather, Snowmelt contest
The snowfall got a little out of control in the southern half of the area yesterday. Snow amounts were as high as 6.8 inches in Stevens Point and 5 inches in Whiting. 4 inches was reported by our weather watchers in Wild Rose and Scandinavia. There was still some snow on the ground this morning in a few spots - which is very amazing for April 29th. The last time we actually had snow on the ground this late in April was back in 1996.
The snow should melt today with sunny to partly cloudy skies and high temps around 50. A little warmer trend will continue from Wednesday through Friday with high temps in the mid to upper 50s (normal for this time of year is in the low 60s). Over the weekend high temps will fall again, into the low 50s for Saturday and into the upper 40s for Sunday. To add insult to injury, there will be a good chance of rain on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Some light showers might even linger on Sunday. The heaviest rain will be on Friday when over a half inch is possible. I am hoping there will be enough breaks in the shower activity on Saturday that I can get out and do some fishing without getting soaked.
Details on the snowmelt contest:
Here is what you have to do to win big money from the R-Stores of Northcentral Wisconsin (Riiser Energy Website) : Correctly predict the last date there will be snow on Rib Mountain.
Send in your prediction to weather@waow.com
In the email please state your name, mailing address (not your email address), and the date you predict the last bit of snow will melt off Rib Mountain.
1 entry per person. Entries must be in by midnight Friday, May 2nd.
Prizes: All the people who correctly pick the snowmelt date will be entered into a drawing. There will be one grand prize winner drawn that will receive a $200 gift card for the R-stores of Northcentral Wisconsin (Riiser Energy Website) . All of the others who pick the correct date will receive a $10 gift card for use at the R-stores.
I am the final arbiter of the winning date. When it gets close, I head up to Rib Mountain on a daily basis and monitor the last bits of snow melting away.
I have a school presentation this morning, so that is all I hhave for the blog today.
Meteorologist Justin Loew
june 28 2008 506 north st nekoosa wi
Posted by: martha wipfli | May 01, 2008 at 07:21 AM
I think the snow will be gone on June 5th, 2008
Posted by: Brenda Burrow 1407 East 8Th. Street, Merrill, Wi. 54452 | May 02, 2008 at 07:27 AM
Snow I think will be gone on June 18Th. 2008
Posted by: John Burrow, Jr. 1407 East 8Th. Street, Merrill, Wi. 54452 | May 02, 2008 at 07:31 AM
The snow will melt until 06-11-2008.This is my guess Thank You.
Posted by: Dale Tessmer | May 02, 2008 at 05:16 PM