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⚡ SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook — National
Storm Prediction Center Day 1 categorical convective outlook for the continental United States
Today’s severe thunderstorm risk → SPC ↗
Live NWS La Crosse Text Products
📄 Area Forecast Discussion (AFD)
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⚠️ Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO)
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Extended Outlooks — NOAA Climate Prediction Center
6–10 Day
6-10 Day Temperature Outlook
Temperature → CPC ↗
 6-10 Day Precipitation Outlook
Precipitation → CPC ↗
8–14 Day
8-14 Day Temperature Outlook
Temperature → CPC ↗
 8-14 Day Precipitation Outlook
Precipitation → CPC ↗
30-Day
30-Day Temperature Outlook
Temperature → CPC ↗
 30-Day Precipitation Outlook
Precipitation → CPC ↗
Seasonal (3-Month)
Seasonal (3-Month) Temperature and Precipitation Outlook
Temperature & Precipitation → CPC ↗
ENSO
🌊 ENSO Advisory El Niño / La Niña status and forecast from CPC 🌊 ENSO Discussion Monthly technical ENSO discussion from CPC ❄ Snow Depth Analysis NOHRSC National Snow Analysis — interactive snow depth map
NWS La Crosse Text Products
📄 Area Forecast Discussion Meteorologist reasoning behind the forecast — most “nerd” product from NWS ⚠️ Hazardous Weather Outlook 7-day hazard summary for the La Crosse CWA 🌡 Zone Forecast Product Official NWS zone forecasts for all areas in the ARX CWA 📢 Public Information Statement Snow totals, damage reports, and special public bulletins 🌧 Local Storm Report Spotter and trained observer reports of significant weather 🚨 Special Weather Statement Below-warning-threshold notable weather statements 📊 Climate Report Daily climate summary: high, low, precip, normals & records 🌎 NWS La Crosse Home All NWS La Crosse products, forecasts, and local climate info
NOAA Weather Radio Stations

NWR (All Hazards Weather Radio) transmitter sites within 125 miles, from NOAA’s official station list. NOAA doesn’t stream NWR audio itself — green markers have a verified live feed on Broadcastify (a crowd-sourced third party); grey markers don’t — including Rochester’s own transmitter (WXK41), the closest one. Broadcastify coverage depends entirely on a volunteer having a receiver near that specific site — but every marker shows its real broadcast frequency, so a NOAA weather radio receiver (most are pre-set to scan all seven NWR channels) will pick it up regardless.

Weather Models
🌈 Tropical Tidbits — GFS (850mb Temp) Excellent model viewer: GFS, ECMWF, NAM, RAP — all parameters 🌈 Tropical Tidbits — GFS (Total Precip) GFS total accumulated precipitation forecast 🌈 Tropical Tidbits — GFS (Simulated Radar) Animated simulated radar — watch storm systems move across the country 🌞 Tropical Tidbits — Euro (ECMWF) European Centre model — often best for 7–10 day accuracy 🌠 Tropical Tidbits — NAM North American Mesoscale model — better short-range detail 🏫 College of DuPage Models CoD model page — GFS, NAM, HRRR, RAP with Great Lakes focus 🌈 NOAA DESI Ensemble forecast explorer — interactive 3D/statistical viewer across HREF and other ensembles 🌟 Pivotal Weather Professional-grade model viewer with ensemble support 🏠 NCEP MAG NOAA’s official model analysis & guidance graphics ⚡ HRRR Model High-Resolution Rapid Refresh — hourly updates, 18-hr outlook 📊 MOS Guidance Model Output Statistics for local stations — Rochester and region
Global Windflow — earth.nullschool.net
💨 Surface Wind — full site The real thing in its own tab — drag the globe, tap for point values 🌪 500 hPa — Jet Stream Mid-level steering flow — where the storm track is pointed 🌡 Wind + Temperature Surface wind with a temperature color overlay 💻 How it works The open-source project behind it (GFS data + canvas particles) — the same technique drives the dashboard’s Wind page
Radar & Satellite
📡 NWS KARX Radar La Crosse WSR-88D — the nearest radar to Rochester, base reflectivity 🌐 National Radar Mosaic Full national radar — zoom to any region, animated 🏫 CoD Radar Loop — ARX College of DuPage animated radar loop for the La Crosse (KARX) site 🌡 GOES-East — Upper Midwest Geo-color satellite imagery, upper Midwest sector, 12-frame loop 🌡 GOES IR — Upper Midwest Infrared satellite channel — cloud-top temperatures 🏫 CoD Satellite Viewer College of DuPage multi-channel satellite image loops
Upper Air & Soundings
🏭 SPC Soundings Interactive sounding viewer — MPX (Chanhassen MN) is nearest to Rochester 🏭 Wyoming Soundings Observed radiosonde soundings — MPX (Chanhassen) and DVN (Davenport) are nearest to Rochester 📊 SPC Mesoanalysis Real-time upper-air and surface analysis parameters from SPC 🏡 SPC Upper Air Charts Observed 850–200 mb analysis charts — updated twice daily 🌄 JetStream Upper Air NOAA JetStream — educational guide to upper air analysis
Storm Prediction Center
⛈ Convective Outlooks Day 1–8 severe weather probabilities — tornado, hail, wind 📄 Mesoscale Discussions Real-time text discussions of developing convective situations ⚠️ Active Watches Tornado and severe thunderstorm watch boxes currently in effect 📊 SPC Storm Reports Daily storm reports archive — tornadoes, hail, wind damage 🔥 Fire Weather Outlooks SPC fire weather day 1–2 outlooks & critical fire conditions
Climate & Records — Rochester & Region
🏥 NWS La Crosse Climate NOWData — daily normals, records, monthly summaries, and snowfall for Rochester 📊 NOAA Climate Data Online Rochester International (KRST) historical climate data & normals 🏦 MN State Climatology Minnesota State Climatology Office — statewide climate data & research 🏠 Midwest Climate Center NOAA Regional Climate Center covering MN — climate tools & data 📊 NOAA Climate Monitoring National temperature and precipitation rankings, drought monitor
Rivers & Hydrology
🌊 NWS Zumbro River (Rochester) Official NWS river forecast & flood stages for the South Fork Zumbro at Rochester 🏟️ North Central River Forecast Center NCRFC — Mississippi basin river forecasts & flood outlooks 💧 USGS MN Streamflow Real-time flow at every USGS gauge in Minnesota, incl. the Zumbro 🌴 MN Drought Monitor Current U.S. Drought Monitor for Minnesota — updated weekly
Iowa Environmental Mesonet — Rochester (KRST)

IEM NWS Climate (NWSCLI) charts for KRST — Rochester Intl. Charts are generated live for the current date and month. Click any to explore on IEM.

📊 IEM — KRST Station Page Full IEM data hub for Rochester Intl (NWSCLI network) — station location map, obs, climate, all chart tools 📈 Daily Departures — Full Year High/low departures from normal for every day of the year — KRST 🌡 Extreme Temp Swings Largest temperature jumps or dips over X days at KRST 📈 Departures / Stats Map Map of temp/precip departures across the region over a period of days 🏥 IEM Climate Data Tool Flexible query tool for KRST historical climate data going back decades 📄 IEM AFD Archive Browse past Area Forecast Discussions from NWS La Crosse in IEM’s archive 📸 IEM Daily Feature Daily meteorological chart / analysis published by IEM — Midwest focus
Other Good Stuff
🏡 NWS La Crosse Office NWS La Crosse homepage — local forecasts, warning area map, office info ✈ Aviation Weather (AWC) METARs, TAFs, PIREPs, SIGMETs — good for raw obs data 📈 xmACIS2 Applied Climate Information System — powerful station data queries for the Rochester area 📡 Iowa Environmental Mesonet Deep well of Midwest observation & climate data and plotting tools