Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday and Thursday brought the first traces of the white stuff into metro Milwaukee.
Softly falling snow appeared briefly around southeastern Milwaukee on Wednesday and Thursday, sticking for a time to grass and leaves and reminding us all that Summerfest is indeed a long, long way away. Average snowfall in Milwaukee is 52.6 inches, according to the Wisconsin State Climatology Office. The same organization reports that cumulative snowfall has been above average in four of the last five winters, including 99 inches in 2007-08. Last year was marked by a huge blizzard in early February. But that was preceded by five consecutive years of below-average snowfall. So this year it will be ... what? Make your vote in the poll and give us more thoughts in the comments. We'll check back to see how accurate Patch readers were once the…
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Latest forecast from National Weather Service brings updated potential snow totals.
As of Noon on Tuesday, snow plow drivers from Sussex in Waukesha County report an estimated 6 to 7 inches of snow on the ground so far from the initial thrust of this week's storm. A blizzard warning, issued by the National Weather Service, goes into effect mid-Tuesday afternoon, which warns that a much "stronger low pressure center will gather strength and moisture" as it moves toward Wisconsin as a second wave. An area southeast of a line drawn between Janesville and Milwaukee can expect to see an additional 12 to 15 inches, with the highest snow totals near Kenosha, according to the latest forecast. Slightly less snow - from 6 to 12 inches - is forecast for a large area south of a line drawn from Wisconsin Dells to Fond du Lac. Three …
Monday, January 31, 2011
Twenty-one inches of snow could soon bury Kenosha, but the Sussex area will get less according to the latest National Weather Service forecast —potentially 15 to 18 inches in Sussex through Wednesday.
The latest forecast from the Milwaukee-Sullivan office of the National Weather Service said that while light snow will blanket the Sussex area through the day and night Monday, a "second much stronger area of low pressure will develop ... by Tuesday evening and into ... Wednesday morning." "This track places much of southern Wisconsin in a swath of heavy snow that would fall later Tuesday into early Wednesday," according to the NWS. Both Waukesha County and Village of Sussex plowing and salting equipment was being readied Monday and managers were planning staffing schedules together with a plan of attack to combat the storm (see photos). Eric Nitschke, village engineer and director of public works, said just before starting a 10 a.m. …
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9:53 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2011
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