Weather for Nordic Skiers in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Regions

Weather for Nordic Skiers in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Regions

Weather for Nordic Skiers in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Regions

American Birkebeiner: NWS forecast | Hourly weather graph | Weather observations

NOHRSC model snow depth map | NOHRSC snow depth reports | NCDC recent snowfall/snow depth maps for each state

Recent snowfall reports (NWS forecast office "Local Storm Reports"):
Illinois: Chicago | Lincoln | Indiana: North Webster | Iowa: Des Moines | Quad Cities | Minnesota: Duluth | Minneapolis | Michigan: Marquette | Gaylord | Grand Rapids | Detroit | North Dakota: Grand Forks | South Dakota: Sioux Falls | Wisconsin: Milwaukee | La Crosse | Green Bay
Daily summary of temperature/snowfall/snowdepth data (NWS forecast office "Regional Temperature/Precipitation Tables"):
Illinois: Chicago | Lincoln | Indiana: North Webster | Iowa: Des Moines | Quad Cities | Minnesota: Duluth | Minneapolis | Michigan: Marquette | Gaylord | Grand Rapids | Detroit | North Dakota: Grand Forks | South Dakota: Sioux Falls | Wisconsin: Milwaukee | La Crosse | Green Bay

Madison WI: NWS forecast | Graph of hourly weather conditions | Southern WI: 24-hour snowfall | total snow depth | Wisconsin: Snowfall / snow depth data
Google Maps plots of current air temperatures (and other selectable parameters): Minnesota | Wisconsin | Michigan

NWS warnings/advisories
3-hourly snow accumulation
84-hour snowfall forecast
John Dee's snow forecast
Weather Channel snow forecast

HPC Probability of Snowfall Accumulations for Day1/Day2/Day3 | (Text discussion)

This Morning's Snow Depth | (New snowfall)
Current Weather Conditions: MN | WI | MI

Wisconsin temperature, snowfall, and snow depth data: Green Bay | La Crosse | Milwaukee | All of Wisconsin | Dane county
Minnesota temperature, snowfall, and snow depth data: Duluth | Minneapolis | Grand Forks
Michigan temperature, snowfall, and snow depth data: Marquette | Gaylord | Grand Rapids | Detroit

Snowfall/snowdepth maps: Southern Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Minnesota | Iowa | Illinois | Upper Midwest | US/state | US + southern Canada | Canada | Northern Hemisphere
National Snow Analysis | Interactive snow information | SNOTEL Data Network

National maps: Daily minimum temperatures | Daily maximum temperatures | Snow depth
Satellite imagery: | National | Minnesota |Wisconsin 1 | Wisconsin 2 | Michigan | Wisconsin MODIS |
Radar: Doppler radar sites | North-central US | Upper Midwest | Minnesota | Wisconsin | Michigan
North American surface weather map: 3AM | 6AM | 9AM | Noon | 3PM | 6PM | (key to plotted map symbols)
Northwoods Web Camera Network | UW-Madison FountainCam
Great Lakes water temperature / ice coverage map

Local NWS Forecasts | Upper Midwest Forecast Maps | National Forecasts and Maps
Weather information by state: ND | SD | MN | WI | MI | IA | IL | IN | OH

SREF model 3-hourly snow/ice accumulation forecast
3 to 48-hour snowfall forecast (RUC model): North-central | Great Lakes
Precipitation type forecast: NAM and GFS models
MAV model snowfall accumulation forecasts
John Dee's 1-10 day snowfall forecast for the Upper Midwest region
Heavy snow/ice probability: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | (discussion)
Snow-to-liquid ratio forecasts
24-hour forecast plots (meteorograms) for: Duluth MN | Hayward WI | Madison WI | Marquette MI
Midwest meteorogram forecast products: NAM model | RUC model
Watches/Warnings/Advisories: National | North-central US
Forecast of fronts/precipitation in: 12 hrs | 24 hrs | 36 hrs | 48 hrs | 3 days | 4 days | 5 days | (animation)
NWS Forecast Discussions: MN | WI | MI | IA | IL | IN | OH
"Winter Ingredients" forecast products
3-day snow forecast for the eastern US

Long-Range Forecasts:

6-10 day outlook | 8-14 day outlook | 1-16 day forecast model ensembles | NCEP ensembles

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