Milwaukee weather: Smoke returns this afternoon
video

Increasing smoky skies Saturday afternoon and evening. High temperatures reach the upper 80s on Saturday, low 80s on Sunday and back to the upper 80s on Monday.

Wisconsin Weather: Widespread smoke returns

A statewide air quality alert has been issued for Wisconsin through noon on Monday, July 20. Poor air quality will be harmful to breathe in.

Milwaukee Weather: Afternoon smoke returns

Increasing smoky skies Saturday afternoon and evening. High temperatures reach the upper 80s on Saturday, low 80s on Sunday and back to the upper 80s on Monday.

Milwaukee weather: The smoke clears for now.
video

A chance for an isolated storm is likely Saturday morning before the smoke makes a return.

Weather webcast with Stephanie Barichello
video

Smoke will clear out during the afternoon and early evening, but air quality could still be unhealthy for some. 

Milwaukee Weather: Smoky morning, hot and humid afternoon

Smoke will clear out during the afternoon as the wind shifts to the southwest. Hot and humid with temps in the 90s. Smoke could return Saturday night.

Wildfire smoke in Wisconsin: Another morning of dangerous air quality

Wildfire smoke continues to blanket southeast Wisconsin Friday morning, creating hazardous air quality and poor visibility. Here's when conditions are expected to improve.

What is Code Purple air quality? What Code Orange, Red and Purple mean

Air quality alerts can change quickly during wildfire smoke events. Here’s what Code Orange, Code Red, Code Purple and Code Maroon mean, and when you should limit time outside.

Weather Webcast with Stephanie Barichello
video

Thick wildfire smoke continues through midday today, creating dangerous air quality. An incoming warm front will bring southwest winds which clear the smoke out of SE WI. It will be hot and humid with temperatures in the 90s. Slight chance of a storm this afternoon again Saturday morning. Thinner wildfire smoke may return over the weekend. 

Milwaukee Weather: Thick smoke Friday morning

Air Quality Alert until Noon on Friday for all of SE WI Very smoky overnight into Friday morning, clearing out Friday afternoon. Temperatures in the 70s overnight. A few showers are possible overnight as well. Partly sunny with isolated t-storms on Friday. Hot and humid. AM wildfire smoke. Highs in the low-to-mid 90s with a heat index of 99.

Weather Webcast with Chief Meteorologist Tom Wachs
video

Air Quality Alert until Noon on Friday for all of SE WI Very smoky overnight into Friday morning, clearing out Friday afternoon. Temperatures in the 70s by sunrise. A few showers are possible overnight as well. Partly sunny with isolated t-storms on Friday. Hot and humid. AM wildfire smoke. Highs in the low-to-mid 90s with a heat index of 99.

Milwaukee floods, clogged sewer pipe investigation underway

MMSD said contractors have unclogged a sewer overflow pipe on Jones Island. Now, it's trying to determine if that clog contributed to flooding in Bay View.

Weather Webcast with Chief Meteorologist Tom Wachs
video

Air Quality Alert until Noon on Friday for all of SE WI Very smoky tonight into Friday morning, clearing out Friday afternoon. Temperatures in the 70s tonight. A few showers are possible overnight as well.

Weather Webcast with Stephanie Barichello
video

Hazardous to very unhealthy air quality will continue tonight to midday Friday thanks to lingering, thick wildfire smoke. An incoming warm front Friday will clear the smoke in the afternoon but also allow temperatures to climb back to 90s. There is a slight chance of storms Friday and Saturday, then wildfire smoke could return on Saturday. 

Wildfires, wildfire smoke more prevalent in recent decades?
video

Wildfires and wildfire smoke has been noted a lot more in recent decades. FOX6 Chief Meteorologist Rob Haswell spoke with Shel Winkley with Climate Central, to explain what might be happening to cause this.

Weather webcast with Stephanie Barichello
video

Smoke continues to be the biggest weather story today, with poor air quality and reduced visibility expected across much of southern Wisconsin. It will stay hot and humid through Friday.

Wisconsin wildfire smoke; City of Milwaukee suspends some services

Due to poor air quality, the City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) and Department of Public Works (DPW) are modifying operations to help protect employee health and safety.