Today is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as yesterday.
Forecast for Dane
Updated: 3:14 PM CST on December 8, 2009
Blizzard Warning in effect until midnight CST Wednesday night...
Tonight
Not as cold. Breezy. Areas of blowing snow until early morning. Snow through late evening...then snow and isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation around 10 inches. Near steady temperature around 30. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent. Precipitation duration around 12 hours.
Wednesday
Windy with snow and blowing snow. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the late morning and afternoon. Snow accumulation of 2 to 3 inches. Total snow accumulation 12 to 14 inches. Highs in the upper 20s. North winds 15 to 25 mph shifting to the northwest 25 to 35 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow near 100 percent. Precipitation duration of 5 to 8 hours.
Bitterly cold. Much colder. Windy. Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of light snow through late evening. Areas of blowing snow through late evening. Lows around 4 below. West winds 15 to 30 mph. 12 below to 22 below zero.
Thursday
Bitterly cold. Colder. Partly sunny. Highs around 8. West winds 15 to 20 mph. 13 below to 23 below zero.
... Blizzard Warning in effect until midnight CST Wednesday night... ... Winter Storm Warning is cancelled...
The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a Blizzard Warning... which is in effect until midnight CST Wednesday night. The Winter Storm Warning has been cancelled.
* Timing: light snow will continue through the afternoon... becoming heavy this evening and into Wednesday morning. The snow will taper off to scattered snow showers and flurries by Wednesday evening. Strong winds will combine with falling and blowing snow to create blizzard conditions at times... with the best chance this evening through and through the day Wednesday.
* Snow accumulations: 9 to 13 inches is expected by Wednesday afternoon most places... with locally higher amounts.
* Winds: east at 10 to 15 mph this afternoon... turning northeast and increasing to 15 to 25 mph tonight. The winds turn northwest Wednesday morning and increase to 20 to 30 mph... with gusts to 40 mph... then become west and slowly diminish to 15 to 20 mph Wednesday evening and night.
* Impacts: travel conditions will deteriorate rapidly this evening and remain hazardous through Wednesday. Severe blowing and drifting snow will create whiteout conditions at times.
* Continue to monitor later forecasts and statements on this major winter storm.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout conditions... making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If you must travel... have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded... stay with your vehicle.