Major Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold in the North-Central U.S.

A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies/Plains into the Mid-South beginning Friday, spreading eastward to the Mid-Atlantic and New England this weekend. An Arctic front will bring frigid temperatures and gusty winds that will lead to dangerous wind chills from the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Waukesha County Airport (KUES)

Lat: 43.04°NLon: 88.25°WElev: 886ft.

Fair

9°F

-13°C

Humidity	66%
Wind Speed	W 14 mph
Barometer	30.11 in
Dewpoint	0°F (-18°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	-7°F (-22°C)
Last update	22 Jan 7:45 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

3 Miles SE Pewaukee WI

Extreme Cold Watch January 23, 01:00pm until January 24, 12:00pm

Extreme Cold Warning January 23, 12:00am until January 23, 01:00pm

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Extreme Cold Watch

Extreme Cold Warning

Today
High: 15 °F
Isolated Snow
Showers and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Tonight
Low: -16 °F
Scattered
Flurries and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Friday
High: -7 °F
Cold
Friday Night
Low: -15 °F
Increasing
Clouds
Saturday
High: 4 °F
Chance Snow
Showers
Saturday Night
Low: -4 °F
Chance Snow
Sunday
High: 12 °F
Chance Snow
Sunday Night
Low: -5 °F
Chance Snow
Monday
High: 10 °F
Slight Chance
Snow then
Mostly Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Today

Scattered flurries between 11am and noon, then isolated snow showers after noon. Patchy blowing snow before 3pm, then patchy blowing snow after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 15. Wind chill values between -5 and zero. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight

Scattered flurries before 11pm. Patchy blowing snow before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around -16. Wind chill values between -25 and -35. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday

Sunny and cold, with a high near -7. Wind chill values between -30 and -40. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night

Increasing clouds, with a low around -15. Wind chill values between -20 and -25. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 4. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Saturday Night

A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.

Sunday

A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 12. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -5. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.