Milwaukee Weather: Heavy snow Saturday, Winter Storm Warning issued
Forecast from FOX6 Meteorologist Holly Baker
MILWAUKEE - A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 3am Saturday to 6am Sunday for Jefferson, Walworth, Racine and Kenosha Co.
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 6am Saturday to 6am Sunday for the rest of SE WI.
Clouds will be increasing throughout the afternoon and evening.
A major winter storm will arrive early Saturday through Sunday morning, bringing widespread accumulating snow and potentially hazardous travel across much of Wisconsin.
Colder temperatures plunge in behind the system with lows near zero and subzero wind chills likely.
Another weak system may brush the region by midweek with a chance for light snow and continued below-normal temperatures.
Tonight: Increasing clouds.
Low: 20°
Wind: W 5-10
Saturday: Heavy snow likely. 5-10" of snow.
High: 33°
Wind: SE 10-20
Sunday: Morning snow. Windy and cold.
AM Low: 27° High: 32°
Wind: NW 15-25
Monday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers.
AM Low: 7° High: 22°
Wind: W 5-10
Tuesday: Partly sunny. Very cold.
AM Low: 10° High: 24°
Wind: W 5-15
Wednesday: Chance snow showers. Very cold.
AM Low: 13° High: 31°
Wind: W 5-15
Thursday: Partly Sunny.
AM Low: 8° High: 20°
Wind: NW/W 5-15
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