UPDATE at 11:00am on 12/20/2024: The Winter Weather Advisory is now cancelled. City of Milwaukee’s Department of Public Works has now shifted its operations to focus on residential street salting and plowing with over 100 crews.
UPDATE 12/20/24 at 6:00am – Winter weather is making for a sloppy morning drive Friday.
As communities clear away several inches of thick, heavy and wet snow, WTMJ’s Debbie Lazaga reports a handful of incidents out on the freeway system as several roads remain treacherous for drivers.
Several schools are either closed or have a delayed start Friday morning due to the messy winter weather.
MILWAUKEE – Just days before the official first day of winter, Southeast Wisconsin is bracing for another round of impactful snow.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for virtually all of Southeast Wisconsin (Walworth County has not been issued an advisory). The advisory begins for Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Ozaukee, Sheboygan and Washington Counties at 9:00am, and for Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine and Waukesha Counties at noon.
The clipper system will linger through Friday morning, and is expected to bring anywhere between 2 to 4 inches south of I-94, to up to 9 inches in parts of Sheboygan County. Lake enhancement is expected to play a factor in determining which areas receive the most snow.
“[Snow totals] really depends on if we get some wraparound and lake enhancement Friday morning.” Storm Team 4 Chief Meteorologist Brian Niznansky tells WTMJ. “I don’t think we’re looking at major, paralyzing snow storm. However, we are looking at something that will cause slippery roads, and most of us are going to have to shovel a decent amount.”
Further north, a Winter Storm Warning has been issued for a wide-reaching stretch of Wisconsin west to east between Eau Claire and Green Bay. That band of the storm could drop 5 to 8 inches of snow from central to northeast Wisconsin during this time frame, with higher amounts of 7 to 10 inches forecast near Lake Michigan where lake enhancement is also expected.
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