Whoa!


TUESDAY, Feb. 5, 2008, 1:35 p.m.
By Tom Held
Area totals could reach 14-18 inches

If you're pondering a wager on this coming snowstorm, bet heavy on at least 12 inches and throw some long-shot money on 20, at least in some areas of southeast Wisconsin.

The low-pressure system moving north and east from the Missouri Valley has been sucking up impressive amounts of moisture as it moves toward Milwaukee, raising the stakes for a powerful mid-winter storm.

Snow and rain have been falling in parts of Iowa this afternoon and the system will pick up its snow-making intensity in Wisconsin later tonight. From 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., the storm will deliver one to two inches of snow per hour, according to Bill Borghoff, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sullivan.

Borghoff said lighter snow will start falling in the Milwaukee area about 4 p.m. and the storm will pick up the pace as the evening turns into night.

The prevailing wisdom among the forecasters puts the totals around Milwaukee at 14 to 18 inches, with upwards of 20 in isolated pockets.

"It's a very significant storm," Borghoff said.

Must be nice I'm looking at green grass and rain right now.

I sure hope so, we all will have to do the snow dance tonight and hope mother nature does here part for us.

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UPDATE


TUESDAY, Feb. 5, 2008, 2:51 p.m.
By Tom Held
Storm could be a top-five snow

If it pans out as predicted, the storm approaching this afternoon could threaten the top five all-time in Milwaukee, according to the latest from the National Weather Service.

The area southeast of a line from Monroe to Sheboygan is in line to receive upwards of 14 inches of snow through mid-day Wednesday, and 14.5 inches would put the storm of Feb. 5 and 6, 2008, just ahead of the storms on Jan. 17-18, 1936, and Feb. 20, 1898.

For those tired of winter, the story from the Weather Service keeps getting worse. Forecasters have added a threat of thunder snow, winds of 20 to 30 mph and snow totals approaching 20 inches to the assessment for southern Wisconsin.



And here are the top five winter storms in Milwaukee:

1 -- FEB 4-5 1924 -- 20.3
2 -- FEB 10 1960 -- 16.7
3 -- JAN 6-7 1918 -- 16.0
3 -- JAN 12 1908 -- 16.0
4 -- NOV 5 1896 -- 14.6
5 -- JAN 17-18 1936 -- 14.4
5 -- FEB 20 1898 -- 14.4

Good luck and enjoy

Hey, I think we officially have under 20 inches for the year here..yippee

We already closed the company for tomorrow. It had better snow.

That was fast and I heard they will decide at 10pm tonight about the schools for tomorrow. Now I have to fill the ATV with gas for plowing for tomorrow!

damn global warming

You have sleds down here Frank?

YeeHaa...no matter what we get, it will be welcomed after all the meltdown and rain.

Here in central WI we are going to get nothing or an inch maybe. 38 degrees here today. You guys in SE WI must be sick of all the rain then snow then rain then snow?...............Brian

Giddy up




Come on down!


It's officially started snowing..... this could be interesting, real interesting.

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Yup, that is what I used last weekend in Adams with some friends! We have my old F7 home and my sons Z120! Ready to ride! And I have a whole new barrel of Amsoil, thanks John!

We are suppose to have a show at our Mt Prospect office on Thursday, that should be interesting if we still have it. I can't see Ohare doing well tomorrow for the out of towners! And meeting tomorrow in Racine we'll see!

Nice, we're riding to the races and more on Sat, we should hook up at some point my friend. 414-243-1618 is my cell

Damn it feels good to be smack dab in the middle of the THUNDERSNOW circle.

Thundersnow fuc^n' rocks!

It's to bad we have all this damn slush under the new snow, could make some low lying areas interesting. It's going to make grooming more difficult.

thats what im sayin. I hate that damn global warming hahaha

I agree, I think grooming in some areas will have to wait until it gets below zero this weekend or the groomer might me stuck?

6-10 inches at max. the radar doesnt even look that promising, stayed too far south.

Jammin, if its true we are going to get hammered being so close to the lake.

have faith scott

well, made it to work and the roads were snow covered but fine...so far we have very little...hope the weather guys are right saying that a lot more is on the way...

Lets see if this plays out.....


WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6, 2008, 5:13 a.m.

The worst is yet to come

It may not look too bad now but the National Weather Service said the worst of the storm is yet to come with predictions of snow falling at one to two inches per hour this morning and near blizzard conditions in some areas across the region.

The weather service has extended its winter storm warning from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. tonight because the snow has moved slowly overnight. Very heavy snow across eastern Iowa and crossing the Mississippi River into southwest Wisconsin and northwest Illinois is expected to hit southeastern Wisconsin between 6 a.m. and noon today, according to meteorologist Jeff Craven.

"Unnecessary travel is probably not a good idea," Craven said.

"There's a little bit of the lull before the big snow," he said. "It's coming in. We're still very confident in this. It's just a matter of time. We're worried that superintendents will get up this morning, look outside and see three to five inches. Meanwhile, the heaviest snow will come while the buses are out. It's not our job to tell people what to do but we're a little concerned."

The storm slowed down overnight, dropping two to four inches over most of the Milwaukee area, with some spots seeing three to five inches. The slower movement of the storm, however, just means it may snow for a longer period of time, Craven said.

"When you have a slow-moving storm, you get snow that lasts longer so if it snows heavily for 12 hours instead of six hours, you get twice as much snow," he said. "It's going to take a while for it to move out."

Some of the heaviest amounts are likely to accumulate along the I-43 corridor from Janesville to Waukesha and through northern Milwaukee, with snowfall totals expected to reach a foot or more before it ends. Craven said some narrow stretches locally may see up to 18 inches of snowfall.

"We're expecting near blizzard conditions along the lakefront where the wind is stronger and in open rural areas," Craven said.

Winds could reach up to 35 miles per hour and visibility for travel could get down to a quarter mile or less this morning, Craven said. He said that winds moving from northeast to north will bring two to four-foot snow drifts, with the west-east roads most affected.

yes, getting worst now, I did the driveway and looks like I didn't do it!

then why did you do it

Cause it's cool to see how much falls every couple of hours! and it is fun plowing, call me crazy!

This is true, plowing is pretty fun. When you have a plow lol. My plow tonight was a nifty blue shovel.

i know it is okay your crazy