La Crosse, WI

Weather Forecast Office

Photos

Take a look at some views from, and around, our office...
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Rainbows

Rainbow by the Radome (notice its a double bow).	Another rainbow.	Rainbow with a double bow.

Sunsets

Summer sunset.	Same sunset, another look.	Another sunset with a barn in the distance.	A sunset with our Radome (radar).	Summer sunset at the office.
Another sunset with our Radome.			Sunset on Lake Onalaska.
Another sunset on Lake Onalaska.	Sunset near New Hampton, IA.	Mississippi River near Buffalo City, WI.	Another view of the Mississippi River near Buffalo City, WI.
Sunset in Door County, WI.	Wind turbine near Cataract, WI.	Another sunset with a wind turbine near Cataract, WI.	South of Lake Neshonoc in West Salem, WI

Storms

Mammatus clouds.	Shelf cloud moving over La Crosse.	Up to 2 1/2 inch hail fell at the office the evening of June 11th, 2001.	Mammatus clouds.	More mammatus
Storm clouds advancing into Clermont IA, on a June morning 2003.
Storm clouds moving through Tomah, WI (June 23, 2004).	Another look at the same storms moving through Tomah, WI (June 23, 2004).	Mammatus clouds at sunset, near Viroqua WI, August 2002.
Lightning in Abbotsford, WI.	Turbulent storm clouds in Cassville, WI.	Shelf cloud.	Shelf cloud.	Tornado.
Tornado from June 11, 2004 in extreme northwest Howard County, IA	Tornado from June 11, 2004 southwest of Le Roy, MN	Picture of same tornado.	Wall cloud from March 30, 2005.	Mammatus.
"Hole" in storm clouds due to an updraft.		Mammatus clouds with storms from May 25, 2008.	Mammatus from May 25, 2008.	More mammatus.
Wall cloud near Platteville, WI from June 8th, 2008.	Mammatus near Hillsboro, WI.	Aqua colored sky, due to hail in the clouds. Near Briggsville, WI June 7, 2008	Scud clouds associated with a thunderstorm.	Storm clouds moving in at Neosho, WI.

Snow

Our office...buried in snow. Picture taken after the January 25th-26th, 1996 snowstorm. A total of 17.8 inches fell in La Crosse on those 2 days.	The office snowman from the earliest first measurable snowfall on record for La Crosse (10/1/99).	Another look at our snowman.
		Ice melting on the Mississippi River in the spring of 2007 (Houska Park La Crosse, WI)	After a December snow fall in Warrens, WI
Hoar frost near Hillsboro, WI	Hoar frost	Ice accumulation on a branch

Fog

A look at some valley fog...Grandad's Bluff off in the distance.

Another look at valley fog in the La Crosse valley.

A view of valley fog from atop La Crosse Ridge.

Fog bow

Nature

		An egret along the Mississippi River.
Andy the dog enjoys the fall colors.	Pelican.
	Hummingbird moth	Eagles on the Black River

Other

A sunpillar	A view of the flag on Grandad's bluff.	Another view of the flag on Grandad's bluff.	The plaque for the flag on Grandad's bluff. The flag was once blown down from a 93 mph wind gust.
	A view of La Crosse taken from an airplane.		The 2001 Mississippi River flood at Riverside Park in La Crosse.	Another Riverside Park 2001 flood picture.
A halo around the moon.	The Mississippi River near Genoa, WI.	Some clouds over a Cassville, WI farm.	Aurora in Clermont, IA.	Train moving through flood waters at Fountain City, WI.
Another train moving through the record flood waters at Fountain City, WI.	A view of the April 2001 record flood in Fountain City, WI.	A sunpillar.		Halo with sundogs around the sun.
Sundogs

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