FROM NWS GREEN BAY
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
* SOME LIGHT SNOW COULD DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY DURING THE DAY...BUT THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF A STURGEON BAY TO WISCONSIN RAPIDS LINE...WHILE TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR WORKING INTO THE REGION. THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT PRECIPITATION TYPES AND SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS REGION.
* STRONG EAST WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...LEADING TO FURTHER TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
SLEET MIXING IN WITH THE SNOW TOWARDS WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL LEAD TO A HEAVY WET SNOWFALL WHICH WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL OR PLOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD SEVERELY IMPACT TRAVEL. BE SURE TO CLOSELY
MONITOR FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM.
