Milwaukee Weather: Wintry mix early, severe storms late day
Forecast from FOX6 Chief Meteorologist Rob Haswell
MILWAUKEE - Thursday is a classic early April split setup across southern Wisconsin. We start with freezing rain and quickly pivot into a high-shear severe weather environment by late afternoon and evening.
Even with limited instability, the dynamics are strong enough to support damaging winds and a quick spin-up tornado risk as storms organize into a line.
Friday keeps things active with elevated storms and a significant hail threat despite cooler surface temps, before things trend quieter but cooler into the weekend.
From there, we settle into a more typical early spring pattern with on-and-off rain or snow chances and another system to watch heading into the middle of next week.
Today: AM freezing rain then showers and thunderstorms. Slight to Enhanced Risk of severe storms late day.
High: 62°
Wind: SE/SW 10-20
Tonight: Windy. Cloudy.
Low: 40°
Wind: SW 10-20
Friday: Partly cloudy. Evening storms likely. Marginal Risk of severe storms.
High: 50°
Wind: NE 10-20
Saturday: Showers likely.
AM Low: 38° High: 56°
Wind: W 5-15
Sunday: AM cloudy the PM sunshine.
AM Low: 32° High: 50°
Wind: NW 10-20
Monday: Rain/Snow showers.
AM Low: 34° High: 50°
Wind: NW 5-10
Tuesday: Partly sunny.
AM Low: 28° High: 42°
Wind: NE 5-10
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