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NWS La Crosse Radar Down For Maintenance: August 24-30

Dry through Friday then Periodic Showers & Storms

Partial Lunar Eclipse Tonight

Extended Radar Outage

It will be dry through Friday. High temperatures will range from the mid-70s to mid-80s. From Friday night through the upcoming weekend, there will be periodic showers and storms. High temperatures will range from the mid-70s to around 80 on Saturday and from the upper 70s to upper 80s on Sunday.

Skies will be mostly clear to clear tonight. This will allow us to see a partial lunar eclipse between 9:33 pm and 12:51 am tonight. The partial eclipse will reach its maximum at 11:12 pm with a magnitude of 93% coverage. Temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s with light and variable winds.

The WSR-88D radar in La Crosse, WI (KARX) is having necessary work done to its protective dome between August 24-30. This work will take up to a week to complete and require the radar to be shut down while being performed. Please use one of the surrounding radars during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.