Accumulating snow and gusty winds to create hazardous journey tonight

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – We are on the brink of enter one of many busiest journey days of the yr because the Thanksgiving vacation rapidly approaches. That being mentioned, previous man winter shall be making a cease in Western Wisconsin tonight as a strengthening low stress system and entrance arrive from the west. Accumulating snow, gusty winds, and journey impacts are all anticipated with our subsequent weather-maker, prompting a 13 First Alert climate day to be declared.

Waves of showers right this moment will transition to a extra widespread and regular rain by late this afternoon or night as our low stress system attracts nearer. Any rain will then change over to snow round or shortly after midnight within the Chippewa Valley because the related chilly entrance passes by means of. With temperatures dropping by means of the 30s and into the higher 20s, roads will probably grow to be snow-covered and slick fairly rapidly. Moderate to heavy charges of snowfall are potential at instances into early Wednesday morning. In further to snowfall, we may also be coping with sturdy north-northwesterly winds, which shall be sustained at 20-30 mph. Occasional gusts as much as 45 mph can’t be dominated out. Blowing snow will additional deteriorate journey circumstances by means of the night time and into tomorrow morning. Because of the anticipated accumulations and impacts to journey, the National Weather Service has issued winter climate alerts for a lot of the realm. While some snow is anticipated in our southern counties, wind would be the greater problem, with a Wind Advisory going into impact.

Recent forecast steerage continues to pinpoint a southerly shift within the highest snow accumulations, which has been mirrored in our newest snowfall forecast replace. Locations alongside and north of I-94 are forecast to see the very best quantities, with totals reducing the additional south you go. North of Highway 8 and south of the Lake Superior shore, quantities of a foot or extra are wanting probably. This is partly because of lake-effect enhanced snow.

Please take into account that updates to our snowfall forecast are potential, pending adjustments in new forecast knowledge. Bottom line is that journey will rapidly grow to be hazardous in a single day and into tomorrow morning with the mix of snow and wind. If you might have vacation journey plans, it could be greatest to depart someday right this moment, or maintain off till later within the day Wednesday. You can obtain the newest forecast info on air, on-line, or by downloading our 13 First Alert climate app.

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