Winter Storm Warning

...A LONG DURATION WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WILL SLOWLY OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY AS IT DOES SO. AS A RESULT OF THE STRENGTHENING LOW...BRISK AND GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHILE LAKE ENHANCED SNOW OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW. SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 14 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY NOON TUESDAY...AND CONTINUE TO WORSEN THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN WHERE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT THE WINDS WILL NOT DECREASE UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY LATE THIS EVENING. A LONG DURATION SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...BRISK NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR MORE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND A RELATIVELY DRY POWDERY SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WHEN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.