![]() ![]() It is possible to see power outages and interstate closers in parts of the upper Midwest Thursday night and Friday. If you have plans to travel by air, stay up to date with your airline. Expect travel delays both by air and car on Thursday evening and Friday. The wind will really pick up Thursday night into Friday creating whiteout conditions at times. The last Blizzard Warning for Milwaukee County was 2011. The last Blizzard Warning in SE WI (Walworth, Racine & Kenosha Co.) was in 2018. We will be close to blizzard status at times Thursday evening. Snow Type: This will be a fluffy, sand lake snow due to how cold temperatures will be.Ī blizzard is defined as heavy snow with wind gusts of 35 mph or greater and reduced visibility to 0.25 mi. Power outages are very possible because of west-northwesterly wind gusts between 35-55mph. Bitter cold air spills in Thursday afternoon with wind chills as low as -35 Friday morning and -20 during the day on Friday. The 1991 Halloween blizzard was a powerful storm that caused a period of heavy snowfall and ice accumulation, which affected parts of the Upper Midwest of the United States, from October 31 to November 3, 1991. The strong winds continue on Saturday with blowing ground snow. Impacts: Travel will be messy Thursday night through Friday. Here are Wisconsin snowfall totals over the last 24 hours. Even after the snow ends blowing ground snow will stay an issue. Snow totals for Fridays winter storm are in, thanks to the help of snow observers across the. Most of SE WI will end with a total of 2-5" by Thursday night. Inland communities picked up 1-2" of snow Thursday morning, less lakeside. Skies are expected to clear by Saturday night.IAmounts: The snow totals have come down in spots since prior forecasts, but this does not change the blizzard-like potential. Those that must travel should use caution and have an emergency kit in their vehicle. ![]() Kallas said wind gusts heading into the afternoon will be around 20 to 30 mph.Īs the snow slows down, the wind will make travel difficult across northern and central parts of the state, and the National Weather Service advises people to avoid travelling until weather and road conditions improve. Wind gusts up to 30 to 45 miles per hour were expected to lead to blowing and drifting snow, as of a National Weather Service forecast update just before 4 a.m. By the early afternoon, parts of the area had accumulated more. The winter storm included heavy snow and mixed precipitation, with sleet and freezing rain in some areas turning to all snow, according to a National Weather Service forecast. MILWAUKEE WATCH player above to see latest snowfall totals Southeast Wisconsin woke up Saturday morning to heavy, wet snow. Saturday, the heavier snow had headed into far eastern Wisconsin, and the sun peeked out in the western parts of the state, Kallas said. ![]() RELATED: Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids, Marshfield, Stevens Point could get up to 12 inches of snowĪreas that included Lincoln, Portage, Shawano, Marathon, Wood, Vilas, Oneida, Forest, Florence, Langlade, Menominee, Waupaca, and parts of Oconto and Marinette counties saw a range of snow accumulation, with snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour Saturday morning.Īs of around 9 a.m. The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for much of north and central Wisconsin Saturday afternoon and night as travel across much of the area was still difficult at mid-day. Germain, with 12.7 inches in Lincoln County 8 miles west of Merrill and 13 inches up north in Florence County. Reports had 10 inches in Merrill, Shawano, Minocqua and St. Snowfall totals were higher in northern Wisconsin, National Weather Service Green Bay meteorologist Tasos Kallas said. and Wisconsin Rapids had 4.5 inches at 7 a.m. Saturday when snow was wrapping up, while a spotter just north of Wausau had 8 inches around 10:45 a.m. Reports received by National Weather Service Green Bay said Plover in Portage County had 6.4 inches as of 9:30 a.m. View Gallery: Winter in central Wisconsin: Snow in Stevens Point, Wausau, MarshfieldĬentral Wisconsin saw between 4 and 8 inches of snow after a winter storm passed through the area between Friday night and Saturday morning, according to a National Weather Service meteorologist. ![]()
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