Late winter storm...

Just when we thought we could store the snow shovels and snowblowers... A late winter storm is moving through the western United States on a track to affect the News 19 viewing area. A WINTER STORM WATCH has been posted for a large part of the region from Thursday at 7 PM to Friday at 7 PM. Southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa and part of southwestern Wisconsin are included in the watch. La Crosse, Vernon, Crawford and Richland counties are in the watch area. A winter storm watch means that amounts of snow in excess of 6 inches are possible.

Enough snow will fall Thursday night for significant amounts to impact morning travel. If you are not on spring break monitor the forecast for any school closures or delays. Snow will continue on and off on Friday and again travel will likely be poor during the day. By Friday night the storm will pull away and things will improve rapidly.

Also, in this case the temperatures will be close to the freezing mark, so the snow should be heavy and wet, therefore harder to shovel and move out of the way. Exercise caution when shoveling and take it easy. There is not a tremendous amount of cold air in its wake, so highs should rebound over the weekend to the lower or middle 40s.

Stay tuned to News 19 for continuing updates on this developing storm.