A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN FORM ALONG THE COLD FRONT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY... PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY MORNING WILL INCREASE TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... GUSTING AT TIMES TO 60 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOW THAT FALLS...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. BECAUSE CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING IF CONFIDENCE FOR HEAVIER SNOW AND GUARANTEED 1/4 MILE VISIBILITIES INCREASE.
THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH ARCTIC TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO LEAD TO WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
By MsPiggski
A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN FORM ALONG THE COLD FRONT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY... PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY MORNING WILL INCREASE TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH... GUSTING AT TIMES TO 60 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOW THAT FALLS...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. BECAUSE CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING IF CONFIDENCE FOR HEAVIER SNOW AND GUARANTEED 1/4 MILE VISIBILITIES INCREASE.
THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH ARCTIC TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO LEAD TO WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
By MsPiggski
