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Hazardous Weather Conditions

Winter Storm Watch in effect from April 1, 07:00 PM CDT until April 2, 07:00 PM CDT

Current conditions at

Ladysmith - Rusk County Airport (KRCX)

Lat: 45.49°NLon: 91°WElev: 1234ft.

Fair

30°F

-1°C

Humidity	77%
Wind Speed	N 6 mph
Barometer	30.20 in
Dewpoint	24°F (-4°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	24°F (-4°C)
Last update	1 Apr 1:35 am CDT

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Extended Forecast for

Cornell WI

Winter Storm Watch April 1, 07:00pm until April 2, 07:00pm

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Winter Storm Watch

Overnight
Low: 28 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Wednesday
High: 46 °F
Partly Sunny
Wednesday Night
Low: 29 °F
Chance
Snow/Sleet
then Wintry
Mix
Thursday
High: 36 °F
Wintry Mix
then Showers
Thursday Night
Low: 30 °F
Showers
Likely
Friday
High: 46 °F
Partly Sunny
then Chance
Showers
Friday Night
Low: 34 °F
Showers
Saturday
High: 40 °F
Showers
Likely
Saturday Night
Low: 26 °F
Chance
Rain/Snow
then Chance
Snow Showers

Detailed Forecast

Overnight

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 46. East wind 5 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night

Sleet, possibly mixed with snow showers before 4am, then sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 29. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of around an inch possible.

Thursday

Rain showers and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 11am, then rain showers, possibly mixed with sleet between 11am and noon, then rain showers after noon. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 36. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday Night

Showers likely before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 34. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday

Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night

A chance of rain showers before 10pm, then a chance of snow showers between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West northwest wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Monday

A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night

A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. North wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.