7 Day Forecast
A powerful storm is set to hit Wisconsin over the weekend, and while it’s too early for forecasters to say exactly where it will hit hardest, there is agreement that it will bring heavy snow to the area.
Total snowfall amounts are forecast to exceed 12 inches in a wide swath of the state, causing significant travel impacts, the National Weather Service said Thursday morning.
AccuWeather predicts 6 to 10 inches for Madison and 10 to 20 inches for a segment of central Wisconsin that includes Wisconsin Dells and Stevens Point.
The weekend storm will follow a clipper system that will move through Thursday night into Friday, bringing heavy snow to northern Wisconsin, but none to southern Wisconsin.
However, much of southern Wisconsin is under a wind advisory from midnight to 6 p.m. Friday, with gusts up to 50 mph.
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Madison will see a high near 45 with increasing clouds on Thursday, an overnight low around 32, and then a high near 43 under partly sunny skies on Friday.
The Weather Service forecasts Madison to see 2 to 4 inches of snow Saturday night, 1 to 2 inches Sunday, and more snow that could be heavy at times Sunday night with no predicted totals.
Wisconsin Dells is predicted to get 4 to 7 inches Saturday night, 1 to 2 inches Sunday, and more snow that could be heavy at times Sunday night with no predicted totals.
La Crosse is predicted to get 6 to 10 inches Saturday night, and more snow Sunday and Sunday night with no predicted totals.
Eau Claire is predicted to get 4 to 8 inches Saturday night, and more heavy snow Sunday with no predicted totals.
Stevens Point and Green Bay are predicted to get snow Saturday night into early Monday that could be heavy at times, but no totals are listed.
Milwaukee is predicted to get 3 to 5 inches Saturday night, 1 to 2 inches Sunday, and more snow that could be heavy at times Sunday night with no predicted totals.
Kenosha is predicted to get around an inch of snow Saturday night, 1 to 2 inches Sunday, and more snow that could be heavy at times Sunday night with no predicted totals.
Quiet weather should move in after the powerful storm moves out.
Madison should see highs Monday through Wednesday near 21, 24 and 26, and lows Monday night and Tuesday night around zero and 9.
Madison has seen 41.7 inches of snow this snow season (since July 1), 3.9 inches below normal.
Photos: Remembering huge snowstorm that hit Madison in April 1973
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring storm on April 10, 1973.
April 1973 snowfall
Wind-whipped pedestrians, slipping cars and heavy snow clogged Capitol Square during record snowfall April 10, 1973.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973 in Madison.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973, in Madison.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973, in Madison.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973, in Madison.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973, in Madison.
April 1973 snowfall
Snowdrifts pile high as a spring storm smothers Downtown Madison in April 1973.
April 1973 snowfall
Cars buried along East Gorham Street in Madison on April 10, 1973.
Front page of the Wisconsin State Journal, April 10, 1973
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring storm on April 10, 1973.
April 1973 snowfall
Wind-whipped pedestrians, slipping cars and heavy snow clogged Capitol Square during record snowfall April 10, 1973.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973 in Madison.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973, in Madison.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973, in Madison.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973, in Madison.
April 1973 snowfall
Scenes from a powerful spring snowstorm on April 10, 1973, in Madison.
April 1973 snowfall
James Muehl, a student at Madison Area Technical College, found himself straddling a snowdrift in April 1973 as he walked to class at MATC Technical Center, 2125 Commercial Ave. The school held classes during the snowstorm, but attendance was severely reduced.
April 1973 snowfall
Snowdrifts pile high as a spring storm smothers Downtown Madison in April 1973.
April 1973 snowfall
Cars buried along East Gorham Street in Madison on April 10, 1973.
