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First snow of season over 1 inch predicted for La Crosse

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6 years ago

November 16, 2018

Just in time for the gun-deer hunt in Wisconsin, the La Crosse area could get its first multi-inch snowfall of the season tonight.

The National Weather Service predicts 2 to 4 inches of snow for La Crosse with a winter weather advisory starting at 6 p.m. and lasting into Saturday morning.

Up to 6 inches could fall to the south and west of La Crosse — mainly in a band from La Crescent to Rochester and Austin.

The forecast says snow may start to accumulate in La Crosse around 8 p.m., and continue through about 2 a.m.

Up until now, the heaviest snow for the season in La Crosse has been three-tenths of an inch last Friday.

Related Topics:national weather service winter weather advisory

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.