Winter Storm Watch

...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW...BUT THEN CHANGE INTO A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND EVENTUALLY RAIN SOMETIME THURSDAY AS WARMER AIR WRAPS INTO THE SYSTEM. ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS MAINLY SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR IN THE EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE MIX MAY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES WELL NORTHWEST OF MADISON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BRISK EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS IS EXPECTED FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY.