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

Madison, Dane County Regional-Truax Field (KMSN)

Lat: 43.14°NLon: 89.35°WElev: 860ft.

Mostly Cloudy

9°F

-13°C

Humidity	61%
Wind Speed	Vrbl 6 mph
Barometer	30.12 in (1021.6 mb)
Dewpoint	-2°F (-19°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	-1°F (-18°C)
Last update	22 Jan 8:53 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

3 Miles N Sun Prairie 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: 13 °F
Slight Chance
Snow and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Tonight
Low: -17 °F
Scattered
Flurries
Friday
High: -6 °F
Cold
Friday Night
Low: -16 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 1 °F
Mostly Cloudy
then Slight
Chance Snow
Showers
Saturday Night
Low: -8 °F
Chance Snow
Sunday
High: 9 °F
Chance Snow
Sunday Night
Low: -8 °F
Slight Chance
Snow then
Partly Cloudy
Monday
High: 10 °F
Cold

Detailed Forecast

Today

A chance of flurries between 10am and noon, then a slight chance of snow after noon. Patchy blowing snow between noon and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 13. Wind chill values between -5 and -10. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight

Scattered flurries before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around -17. Wind chill values between -30 and -40. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday

Sunny and cold, with a high near -6. Wind chill values between -30 and -40. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -16. Wind chill values between -20 and -25. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of snow showers after noon. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.

Saturday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -8. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight.

Sunday

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before noon. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 9. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around -8. Northwest wind around 5 mph.