A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* TIMING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

DIMINISHING TO LIGHT SNOW BY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED

BETWEEN 11 AM CST AND 5 PM CST. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER

INTO THE EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS FROM

MADISON TO WATERTOWN AND SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER.

* IMPACTS... ROADS CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AND BECOME HAZARDOUS

IN THE SNOWFALL. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

 

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SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH

THE LATE MORNING TO THE LUNCH HOUR. THE SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE

THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST

TO EAST DURING THE EVENING.

THE SNOW IS BEING CAUSED BY A UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WHICH IS

LOCATED NEAR SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL

TRACK EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IOWA... NORTHERN ILLINOIS

AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED... WITH THE HIGHEST SWATH OF

SNOW SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LONE ROCK TO MADISON TO MILWAUKEE.

VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TODAY WHICH WILL LIMIT

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROAD SALT. HENCE EXPECT DETERIORATING ROAD

CONDITIONS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TO DEVELOP AND LAST INTO TONIGHT.