Weather forecast snow for Saturday

can get snow through may. You know, it is still just March, and I know we're talking spring break. There's a reason people leave the cold states to go somewhere warm because we do still get forecast like this. It's not out of the ordinary. We just had a string of some nice days, and it just makes it a tough pill to swallow. So let's talk about your timeline. So all day today, you're good.

Clouds are going to be increasing here as we go throughout the afternoon from 11 PM to 2 AM. The rain is going to come in from the south, and that will quickly flip to a mix and then snow. So that's kind of that window of where things are going to start to come on down. Then between 2 and 9 AM, this is kind of that ticket where we're having that moderate to heavy snowfall, where I think three to four inches could be falling during this time. The event is going to start to wind down, going into late morning and into the early afternoon with an additional one to two inches expected. The snow type we have, it's heavy, and it's wet. Now, I don't believe this is like the last system that caused all those power outages, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of those reports because of how much moisture is in the snow.

That last system had snowfall rates exceeding three inches an hour, which is insane. This one, we could see snowfall rates up to about an inch per hour, but it's still, it's a lot of heaviness in that snowflake. So that is something to keep in mind. Here's a live look at Milwaukee right now. The clouds are starting to thicken up. Temps near 40. Same deal right now in Brookfield.

That's those high clouds starting to come in ahead of that weather system. A live look at Oak Creek. We have some sunshine. We're still enjoying and a live look in Franklin, the Rock Sports Complex. I love these cameras here just kind of flying around. And we have Delevin. Temps right now near 43 degrees at our Lake Lawn Resort camera.

So today, again, nothing to worry about. Then the rain snow mix starts to come on in after about midnight, leading into your early Saturday morning. Here is the weather system sound the way like I said, it's about 600 miles away. Nice squal line coming out of that pocket there. You can see how it kind of bows, likely going to see some damaging winds for central Arkansas and watching that system. In fact, the tornado threat today for those folks, much higher. We don't have anything strong or severe in our forecast whatsoever.

We just get the snowy and the colder part of the system. So here's future cast. I think it picks up on the activity really well. That timeline I told you, I mean, right on par with what I'm seeing here on the weather models, that wind coming off the lake northeast, very gusty. Visibility is going to be limited during this time. So if you go to work early on Saturday morning or you're a third shift worker, there's going to be visibility issues, blowing snow, and roads will become slick. And you can see just the intensity of that snow kind of sets up in bands like this.

I really think though, if we do see any kind of changes, it would be a slight shift to the east. And that would bring the higher totals to Kenosha, lower totals for areas in Beaver Dam, and also into Oshkosh. For now, I'm going to keep things the way they are. It's only one weather model that doesn't show that trend. So I'm going to kind of keep an eye on that. Everything's going to wind down during the late morning, early afternoon. Then we're good.

So on the grass, you're likely going to get that four to six inches on the roads. Even though the roads are above freezing for the start of this event, the snow is going to come down fast enough to overcome that, and we'll likely still get two to four inches on the road. For now, I'm going to leave the map the way it is. Chief Meteorologist Mark Baden may alter and shift this if we continue to see that progression as we go throughout the next couple of hours. Visibility, wind, that's going to cause issues out on the roads, and also that snow, again, that heavy, wet type of snow. The roads are going to be snow covered. It's going to be dangerous to travel during that three to 9 a.

m. And then after that, we're good. But this is a very sharp cutoff. So that storm track does mean a lot here. And if you're traveling, tomorrow at the airport could be a little messy, especially those early morning flights. So make sure you're checking with your flight providers so you know what's going on. But you can see, after this, we get a little break on Sunday, and then Monday, another chance of rain or snow in the forecast.

Now, the latest we've ever had snow in Milwaukee's history was May 31, in 1890 or something. Well, let's not repeat that. No. Make sure you have our app. And stay tuned to the Weather Watch team here throughout your weekend as we track this spring snowstorm. Lindsay, thank you.

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