January 8, 2024 | Posted in News
WILL BE VERY HEAVY. SO NOW IT’S MY TIME TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHEN THOSE TIMES WILL BE. WE’RE GOING TO START FIRST WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT KICKS IN THIS EVENING. THAT’S DIFFERENT THAN THE WARNING. IT’S NOT AS BAD. WHY. BECAUSE IT WILL BE LIGHTER SNOWS FOR TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. THEN WE’LL START TO RAMP THINGS UP TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HEAVIER SNOW. THIS IS WHEN WE’LL BE DEALING WITH PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS. AND I DO THINK IT WILL COVER ALL THE ROADS WITH SNOW. DIFFERENT AREAS WILL HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT. THE GOOD THING IS TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND FREEZING THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE EVENT. SO SALT WILL WORK WELL. BUT SOMETIMES WHEN IT SNOWS SO HARD, IT OVERCOMES ALL OF THAT. AND I THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN, AT LEAST FOR A TIME TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO TOMORROW EVENING. THIS GOES FROM 6:00 IN THE MORNING. TOMORROW. BUT REALLY, I THINK THE HEAVIER SNOW WAITS UNTIL CLOSER TO NOON FOR US. AND THEN CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING HOURS. BUT IT GOES ALL THE WAY TILL 3 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY. AGAIN, THAT’S THE WINTER STORM WARNING. FIRST, THE LIGHTER SNOW, THEN THE HEAVIER SNOW TEMPERATURE UP TO 38 DEGREES IN MILWAUKEE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE’LL BE WATCHING CLOSELY. 32 SHEBOYGAN AND PORT WASHINGTON. THOSE TEMPERATURES INLAND RIGHT AROUND FREEZING, JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW. BUT ALONG THE LAKESHORE, ESPECIALLY RACINE KENOSHA AND MILWAUKEE, YOUR TEMPERATURES ARE WARMER AND THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE TOTALS THAT WE SEE AROUND HERE. HERE’S WHAT I THINK YOU WANT TO KNOW. THIS REALLY, THE SNOW ARRIVES AFTER MIDNIGHT, MAINLY LIGHT SNOW UNTIL ABOUT NOON ON TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THE MORNING COMMUTE TOMORROW WON’T BE THAT BAD. THE EVENING COMMUTE WILL NOT BE FUN AT ALL. IT IS GOING TO TAKE YOU A LONG TIME TO GET FROM WORK BACK TO HOME, OR ANYWHERE ELSE THAT YOU’RE TRYING TO GO. LET’S GO TO RADAR, SHOW YOU THIS BIG STORM WRAPPING ITSELF UP COMPLEX, LOW PRESSURE CENTER WATCHING THE SNOW AND THE RAIN GRAB REALLY WORKING ITS WAY UP TO THE NORTH WITH AN EASTERLY WIND. IT’S ALWAYS KIND OF PUTS THE BRAKES ON WHEN WE START TO SEE THOSE FIRST FLAKES AROUND HERE, AND IT’S GOING TO BE A WHILE. NO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HERE, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE CLOSE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW COMING DOWN AND THE VERY STRONG WINDS FOR TOMORROW. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW, THOUGH, IS GOING TO KEEP THIS FROM DRIFTING AROUND BECAUSE THE SNOWFLAKES ARE GOING TO COME DOWN WET AND HEAVY AND THEY’RE JUST GOING TO STICK IN PLACE WITH THAT. ALSO BEING SAID, COULD HAVE SOME POWER ISSUES FOR TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY INTO THE EVENING. THAT’S SOMETHING WE’LL BE WATCHING CLOSELY. HERE’S THE RADAR. YOU CAN STILL SEE THIS IS GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO BEFORE IT MAKES IT INTO SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. SO YOU’RE DRY THIS EVENING. WANT TO GET ANYTHING DONE? NOTICE HOW WE DO HAVE SOME MIX HERE FROM OAK CREEK BACK DOWN THROUGH RACINE AND KENOSHA AS THIS INITIALLY MOVES IN. AND DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS, IT’S NOT OVERLY HEAVY AND IT’S NOT OVERLY HEAVY IN THE MORNING, BUT IN THE AFTERNOON THAT’S WHEN YOU START SEEING THESE DARK BLUE SHADES. BUT ALSO, AGAIN, SOME MIX AT TIMES NEAR THE LAKE. AND THAT WILL AGAIN HOLD THOSE TOTALS THERE, ESPECIALLY TO RACINE AND KENOSHA. HERE’S 5:00. NOTICE THAT WIND SPINNING AROUND THIS LOW PRESSURE CENTER STARTS TO TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS FOR TOMORROW, AND IT’S GONE BY WEDNESDAY. IF YOUR KIDS ARE OFF TOMORROW, I DON’T THINK THEY’RE GOING TO BE OFF ON WEDNESDAY. THE CREWS DO A MAGNIFICENT JOB AROUND HERE OF MOVING THIS SNOW AROUND A GENERAL 5 TO 7IN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN, A SLUSHY 3 TO 5. THERE’S THAT TIMELINE ON DRY TILL ABOUT MIDNIGHT. LIGHTER SNOWS THROUGH ABOUT NOON, AND THEN THAT HEAVY SNOW ARRIVES INTO THE AFTERNOON. WATCH OUT WITH THAT EXTRA WEIGHT ON POWER LINES. COULD SEE SOME TREE BRANCHES COMING DOWN WITH THIS HEAVY, WET SNOW IMPACT. OR EXCUSE ME, AN ALERT DAY FOR TOMORROW. HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 35. A LITTLE BIT COOLER IF YOU’RE INLAND, BUT THOSE TEMPERATURES WILL HELP THE CREWS IN TERMS OF THAT SALT WORKING REALLY WELL. AND THEN WE GET COLD. AND ALSO A BIG HEADS UP TO FRIDAY. FRIDAY MAY BE ANOTHER BIG SYSTEM. IT’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT. BUT THAT’S YOUR HEADS UP AND THEN BE READY. WE HAVEN’T SEEN THESE KIND OF TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS WINTER.