Milwaukee Weather: Wintry mix early, severe storms late day

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Published  April 2, 2026 5:08am CDT
FOX6 News Milwaukee

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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