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

Milwaukee, General Mitchell International Airport (KMKE)

Lat: 42.96°NLon: 87.9°WElev: 722ft.

Fair

14°F

-10°C

Humidity	44%
Wind Speed	W 14 G 24 mph
Barometer	30.14 in (1022.0 mb)
Dewpoint	-4°F (-20°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	-1°F (-18°C)
Last update	22 Jan 5:52 pm CST

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Extended Forecast for

2 Miles SSE Shorewood WI

Cold Weather Advisory 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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Cold Weather Advisory

Extreme Cold Warning

Tonight
Low: -14 °F
Chance Snow
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Friday
High: -4 °F
Cold and
Blustery
Friday Night
Low: -10 °F
Increasing
Clouds
Saturday
High: 8 °F
Slight Chance
Snow
Saturday Night
Low: 5 °F
Chance Snow
Sunday
High: 15 °F
Chance Snow
Sunday Night
Low: -2 °F
Chance Snow
Monday
High: 9 °F
Cold
Monday Night
Low: 4 °F
Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

Tonight

A chance of snow before 9pm, then a chance of flurries between 9pm and midnight. Patchy blowing snow before 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around -14. Wind chill values between -30 and -40. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday

Sunny and cold, with a high near -4. Wind chill values between -30 and -40. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night

Increasing clouds, with a low around -10. Wind chill values between -20 and -25. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 8. Wind chill values between -15 and -25. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night

A 40 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 5. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 15. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 9. Northwest wind around 15 mph.