10 Apr 2017 | Paul W. Swansen

Winter Weather Advisory for Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Issuing Office: Duluth Source: National.Weather.Service 6:36am CDT, Mon Apr 10 ... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS... NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. * TIMING... THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 2 TO 4 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATION... A LIGHT GLAZE. * WINDS... NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS... THE SNOW AND ICING WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION MEANS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. SMALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. SLOW DOWN WHEN DRIVING AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA STOPPING DISTANCE BECAUSE YOU MAY LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU TRY TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP QUICKLY. &&

More Information ... WET SNOW LIKELY OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES TODAY, AND COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHLAND. COLD RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON SHOULD TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, AND THEN BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MUCH OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL LIKELY GET ABOUT 2 T 3 INCHES OF SNOW, WITH SNOW BANDS BRINGING SOME AREAS UP TO AROUND 4 INCHES. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN.

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