MORNING SUN - AFTERNOON RAIN

Showers and thunderstorms will be on the docket later this afternoon as gusty south winds pick up ahead of our next storm system. We'll see plenty of sunshine early today, but expect the clouds to quickly fill in this afternoon with showers and thunderstorms becoming likely by late afternoon. There is very little severe weather threat with this system, but I still can't rule out some fairly strong winds as it rolls through for the evening hours tonight.

Temperatures should slowly climb back into the 60's by the end of the week with a chance for some light rainfall Friday night and into the weekend.

As mentioned last week, don't expect a huge warm-up anytime soon,,, the extended forecast still looks a bit chilly throughout the next few weeks.

Don't forget to check out the My Local Titan feature available on our webchannel, WSAW.com for the latest county by county radars, which is a television market exclusive!!
P.S.- we are now STREAMING ALL Newscasts and the 24x7 Weather Channel on our webchannel at www.wsaw.com!
P.P.S.- New to the My Local Titan feature on our webchannel.... the state radar timelapse has been added! YAY!

Chad Franzen
cfranzen@wsaw.com

UPDATED WEATHER RECORDS AND PRECIPITATION FOR THE AREA

-Check the "Wausau Weather Records" link on our webchannel
wsaw.com/weather for updated monthly and annual precipitation and
temperatures for Wausau, with references for locating similar information for other cities in our area. As you will see, Wausau (and most of the rest of central and northern Wisconsin) has been experiencing below average precipitation for quite a while.

The National Weather Service monitors drought conditions across the U.S. You can access this information from the following web sites:

U.S. Drought Monitor
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
or
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/index.html

NOAA also has a drought monitoring page at...
http://www.drought.noaa.gov

Information on rivers through the U.S. Geological Survey can be found at...
http://water.usgs.gov
or through the Army Corps of Engineers at...
http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil