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A snowstorm will hit all of Wisconsin on Tuesday, with snowfall rates possibly reaching an inch per hour for southern Wisconsin on Tuesday afternoon, causing significant travel impacts, according to forecasters.
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Snow looks likely across Southern Wisconsin today. Chief Meteorologist Matt Holiner has everything you need to know.
Blowing snow in the mountains of Northern California and Nevada closed key highways over the weekend, while an arctic blast brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific Northwest, and unusually warm weather settled over parts of Texas and the Southeast. Officials on Monday say Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada has set a new record for the snowiest December, previously set in 1970. The Northstar California Resort in Truckee has closed its mountain operations amid blizzard conditions. In the Pacific Northwest, emergency warming shelters were opened throughout western Washington and Oregon. Yet temperatures were unseasonably warm in parts of the Southern Plains, including in Arkansas, where several cities broke records on Christmas Day for daily high temperatures.
Severe weather sweeping parts of the U.S. brought frigid temperatures to the Pacific Northwest and heavy snow to mountains in Northern California and Nevada.Emergency warming shelters were opened throughout Oregon and western Washington as temperatures plunged into the teens, and forecasters said an arctic blast would last for several days. Sundays snow showers blew into the Pacific Northwest from the Gulf of Alaska, dumping up to 6 inches across the Seattle area.SEE MORE: Western Storms Bring Flood Threats, Snow For ChristmasState officials in Oregon have declared an emergency. In Multnomah County home to Portland six severe weather shelters are open with plans to open additional sites, including at the Oregon Convention Center. Seattle city leaders also opened at least six severe weather shelters starting Saturday through at least Wednesday.The winter weather led to canceled flights in Seattle, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City and elsewhere. Blowing snow in mountains of Northern California and Nevada closed key highways, with forecasters warning that travel in the Sierra Nevada could be difficult for several days.At Donner Pass in the Sierra, officials with the University of California, Berkeleys Central Sierra Snow Laboratory on Monday said recent snowfall has smashed the snowiest December record of 179 inches, set in 1970. The record is now 193.7 inches as more snow is expected.The Northstar California Resort in Truckee closed its mountain operations on Monday amid blizzard conditions. The ski resort has received more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) of snow over the last 48 hours, according to the resort's Facebook post.The snowpack in the Sierra was at dangerously low levels after recent weeks of dry weather but the state Department of Water Resources reported on Monday that the snowpack was between 145% and 161% of normal across the range with more snow expected.Additional reporting by The Associated Press.
Photos: Remembering greatest single-day snowstorm in Madison history
The front page of the Wisconsin State Journal on Dec. 4, 1990, the day after a blizzard dumped 17.3 inches of snow on Madison. The storm set a record for the most snowfall in 24 hours.
Passers-by push a car stuck in snow at the intersection of Main and Fairchild streets during a record-setting snowfall Dec. 3, 1990, in Madison.
Snowed-in cars were the order of the day on Monday as Madison coped with 17.3 inches of snow, a record for a one-day snowfall.
Cars are stuck after a record-setting snowfall on Dec. 3, 1990.
Jason Swenson shovels out the car of Jason Gersmehl, who was on Highway 18-151 between Madison and Verona when he slid off the road a day after Madison set a single-day record of 17.3 inches of snow on Dec. 3, 1990.
Burt Bonner tackles the large snow fall.
A car that slid off the Cottage Grove Rd. exit ramp. Highway 51 is in the background.
Steve Picke tackles the aftermath of Monday's record snowfall.
The State Journal's Local section from Dec. 4, 1990.
Page from the Dec. 4, 1990, State Journal.
Jason Swenson shovels out the car of Jason Gersmehl, who was on Highway 18-151 between Madison and Verona when he slid off the road a day after Madison set a single-day record of 17.3 inches of snow on Dec. 3, 1990.
Read more stories from the Wisconsin State Journal archives about the blizzard that dropped a record 17.3 inches of snow on Madison in a single day on Dec. 3, 1990.
The front page of the Wisconsin State Journal on Dec. 4, 1990, the day after a blizzard dumped 17.3 inches of snow on Madison. The storm set a record for the most snowfall in 24 hours.
Passers-by push a car stuck in snow at the intersection of Main and Fairchild streets during a record-setting snowfall Dec. 3, 1990, in Madison.
Snowed-in cars were the order of the day on Monday as Madison coped with 17.3 inches of snow, a record for a one-day snowfall.
Cars are stuck after a record-setting snowfall on Dec. 3, 1990.
Jason Swenson shovels out the car of Jason Gersmehl, who was on Highway 18-151 between Madison and Verona when he slid off the road a day after Madison set a single-day record of 17.3 inches of snow on Dec. 3, 1990.
Burt Bonner tackles the large snow fall.
A car that slid off the Cottage Grove Rd. exit ramp. Highway 51 is in the background.
Steve Picke tackles the aftermath of Monday's record snowfall.
The State Journal's Local section from Dec. 4, 1990.
Page from the Dec. 4, 1990, State Journal.
Jason Swenson shovels out the car of Jason Gersmehl, who was on Highway 18-151 between Madison and Verona when he slid off the road a day after Madison set a single-day record of 17.3 inches of snow on Dec. 3, 1990.
Read more stories from the Wisconsin State Journal archives about the blizzard that dropped a record 17.3 inches of snow on Madison in a single day on Dec. 3, 1990.
