: what is the weather like where you are?
58°
Dew Point: 22
Wind Chill: 53
Humidity: 25
Wind: 18 SE
Barometer: 30.34
Visibility: 10.0 mi.
Precip: 0 in.
RED FLAG WARNING
...in effect from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. for Iron, Price, Vilas, Oneida, Forest, Lincoln, Langlade, and Menominee Counties.
A Red Flag Warning means that because of breezy conditions, low relative humidities, and a lack of significant recent rainfall, fire danger will be extremely high. You should not do any burning, as fires could rapidly spread out of control. Fire danger should be high across all of northern and central Wisconsin today as well.
TODAY:
Windy. Sunny to partly cloudy, warmer. High 71-76. Wind southeast 15-30 with gusts to 40 mph.
TONIGHT:
Increasing clouds, chance of showers and thunderstorms late, mainly west of Wausau. Low 44-49. Winds south/southeast 10-20.
MONDAY:
Variable cloudiness. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. High 71-76. Winds south 10-20.
MONDAY NIGHT:
Mainly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low 48-53. Winds southwest 5-10.
TUESDAY:
Partly sunny. High 72-77. Winds southwest 5-10.
The weather over the past couple of days in the western plains has certainly been rough and in some cases violent. Yesterday alone a little over 90 tornado sightings were reported along with plenty of wind and hail reports, the largest of the hail approaching softball size in Nebraska. Meantime on the complete opposite end of the spectrum here in the Wisconsin River Valley, the weather has been rather tame with breezy southeasterly winds. Today is going to be a bright and windy one across the region, which is not good news for the fire danger that is prevalent in the Northwoods. With that said, a Red Flag Warning is in effect for the entire Northwoods through 8pm this evening. Today is not a good day to be setting up a camp fire or doing grilling with an open fire in this part of the region.
Is there any rain in our future? The answer is yes, but not until later in the day for tomorrow into Tuesday. Now we are not expecting to the type of storms that have raked through Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa as of late, but there is hope that we can pick up some appreciable rain, along with a few strong thunderstorms.
Conditions should start to clear out by Tuesday night with high pressure building back into the Upper Midwest. Highs for the middle to end of the week should be running in the 70s.