(WTAQ-WLUK) – A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for all of Northeast Wisconsin as a system capable of dropping over six inches of snow hits the region.
The National Weather Service in Green Bay reports that strong winds are accompany the system and travel will remain hazardous.
Winter Storm Diego is undergoing a process called “bombogenesis”, also known as a “bomb cyclone”, which means the low-pressure system is seeing rapid intensification over 24-hours. In other words, it a winter weather system that has a lot of energy, and becomes stronger and stronger over a short period of time.
The National Weather Service has all of Northeast Wisconsin under a Winter Storm Warning, with Door County under a Blizzard Warning beginning after 7 PM Sunday, with most warnings expiring by 3 PM Monday.
Meteorologists with our TV partner, Fox 11, report that regardless of snow amounts, the winds with this system bring major concerns to the region. Northwest winds expecting to gust over 40 mile per hour starting late Sunday night and through Monday. Blowing and drifting of snow will occur, creating dangerous travel conditions due to low visibility. Visibility will be reduced overnight through the afternoon on Monday, with the greatest impacts being during Monday morning commute hours.
Snow Sunday evening will start off as a wet snow, but as temperatures quickly fall overnight, snow will go from a wet snow to a more powdery, fluffy type of snow. Plan for plowable snow amounts, with total snow accumulations across Northeast Wisconsin sitting between 4 to 7 inches. This range would include Green Bay and the Fox Valley. Further north, snow amounts will be higher, between 6 to 12 inches, likely north of HWY 64.
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