Storms in Wisconsin

Well, there is that little brouhaha going on down in Madison that you may have seen on the news, but this is what I mean:

From the National Weather Service --

... MIX OF WINTRY WEATHER POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A POTENTIAL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS WEEKEND. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. MILDER AND MORE MOIST AIR SURGING NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CLASH WITH COLDER AIR IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA.

AT THIS TIME... THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A TIME. FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WOULD THEN SEE A CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY... POSSIBLY ALL RAIN FOR A TIME AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER INCH.

AREAS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO LONE ROCK LINE MAY REMAIN ALL SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENT... WITH PRETTY GOOD ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. LATER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW WOULD BE LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS... WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER IN THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL.

SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRACK WOULD HAVE RELATIVELY LARGE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

We are in the area most likely to be all-snow, but as you see, this depends on the track of the storm. We are in that borderline situation. And how much snow might we get? Again, from the Weather Service --

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 6 TO 12 INCHES... THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO BARABOO LINE.

I just love how they refer to "pretty good accumulations." Pretty good?

Because this weekend is the Mad City Train Show in Madison -- it's all happening there this weekend, isn't it? -- the little railroad's entire museum store has been moved down there for the show. They have to load it all back into the trailer and get it back up here on Sunday. Which means Tom has to somehow get over to the railroad and get enough of the driveway and parking area cleared for them to be able to drop the trailer off. He is threateing to take a sleeping bag with him and stay over there if it gets too bad. The cats and I are all sympathetic, of course. We intend to stay warm under the comforter and quilt here at home.