Tuesday, January 29, 2008

From the "Don't you wish you lived in Wisconsin" files...

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning and a Wind Chill Advisory for all of southeast Wisconsin Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday night.

TODAY’S TMJ4 Meteorologist Craig Koplien says Tuesday starts out warm with light rain developing.

Then Tuesday afternoon it will become very windy and turn sharply colder. The rain will change to freezing rain and sleet and then become snow.

Koplien says we can expect a high in the mid 40's Tuesday morning, and then temperatures will fall into the 20's Tuesday afternoon.

Winds should increase to 30 to 45 mph late Tuesday afternoon with gusts around 50.

Tuesday night will be very windy and cold with the snow ending. One to three inches of accumulation is expected in the Milwaukee area.

Lows Tuesday night will be 0 to -5 with wind chills falling to -30 or -35 degrees.

Here's Craig's timetable:

11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Light rain begins.

12 p.m. - 3 p.m. Temperatures plunge from the 40s to the 20s.

1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Potential for freezing rain and sleet.

2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Rain or freezing rain or sleet changes to all snow…Snow will continue through around 10 p.m. Total snow accumulation…1 to 3 inches.

3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Winds increase from 15-25 mph to 30-45 mph with gusts around 50 mph…Winds like this will continue through the night. Wind Chills late tonight & tomorrow morning…30 to 35 below.


Tuesday morning the temperature was near 45 degrees. Wednesday morning the Wind Chill will be near 35 below. That’s a difference of nearly 80 degrees!

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