Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain & Isolated Severe Thunderstorms in Southern California

Snow squalls are likely to cross the Lower Great Lakes this evening and the Ohio Valley through the interior Northeast/northern Mid-Atlantic overnight, before potentially reaching the I-95 corridor from D.C. to New York City early New Year’s Day morning. Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms will impact coastal southern California including Los Angeles tonight into early on New Year's Day. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Last Update: 311 PM CST Wed Dec 31 2025

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Milwaukee, WI Local Forecast Office

10NM NNE Milwaukee WI

Marine Zone Forecast

Tonight

Northwest wind up to 30 knots easing to 15 to 25 knots late in the evening, then becoming 15 to 20 knots after midnight becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots early in the morning. Partly cloudy. Waves 3 to 5 feet subsiding to 3 to 4 feet after midnight.

Thursday

Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots backing west late in the morning, then easing to 10 to 15 knots early in the afternoon becoming west 10 to 15 knots late in the afternoon. Snow likely in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet.

Thursday Night

West wind 10 to 15 knots veering northwest early in the morning. Mostly cloudy through around midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Waves around 1 foot.

Friday

Northwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Sunny. Waves around 1 foot.

wave heights are for ice free areas.