Midwest Storm Spotters League

Winter Storm Warning

Alert:

...SNOW BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BUT

CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

...MAJOR WINTER STORM ON TAP FOR MUCH OF AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND

THURSDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SHOULD GENERATE A

FEW MORE HOURS OF SNOW BEFORE MOVING EAST THIS EVENING. SLUSHY

ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE ROUGHLY EAST

OF A LINE FROM BEAVER DAM TO WHITE WATER TO RACINE.

A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE PANHANDLE

OF TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY...AND TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES

REGION ON THURSDAY. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PROJECTED BY MANY OF OUR

LONG RANGE COMPUTER MODELS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. CONFIDENCE

IS HIGH THAT THERE WILL BE A PARALYZING SNOW STORM IN THE WESTERN

GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS

POSSIBLE.

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHERE THAT HEAVY SNOW BAND

WILL SET UP BUT THE MOST LIKELY AREA WILL BE CENTERED WITHIN A

COUNTY OR SO OF A LINE FROM DARLINGTON TO MADISON...BEAVER

DAM...AND FOND DU LAC. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY ARRIVE

AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON

THURSDAY...DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THURSDAY

AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE PRIMARY UNCERTAINTY

WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS

NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND HOW WET THE SNOW IS. A WET SNOW

WOULD REDUCE THE THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHILE A DRIER

AND FLUFFY SNOW WOULD INCREASE THE THREAT FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

IT APPEARS FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL SEE TOO MUCH WARM AIR

WRAP INTO THE AREA...AROUND THE INTENSE LOW...BRINGING THAT AREA

A BLEND OF RAIN...RAIN/SNOW...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW

TOWARD THE END OF THE STORM. THUS TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA WILL

BE A LOT LESS THAN FARTHER WEST.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS

EVENING...

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST

THURSDAY...

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN

EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH

HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY

AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM

CST THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND END. THE MORE

SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND DIMINISH

THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM

EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF

2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING

NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND

CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND

DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...WHITEOUTS...

AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

Instructions: A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.