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.