Weather for Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Lat: 43.04N, Lon: 87.91W
Wx Zone: WIZ066
Wisconsin Drought MonitorThe Wisconsin Drought monitor is a subset of the United States Monitor, issued every Thursday morning, based on drought conditions the previous Tuesday. The map below shows the current drought level around the state, and the percent of Wisconsin land area in each drought level compared to the previous week. Read an explanation of the drought intensities and what they mean. |
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Wisconsin Hydrologic Information StatementNote that if drought conditions are not being experienced, or in the case of river flooding or heavy rain, this statement may be used to indicate river flows or flood potential. 000 FGUS73 KMKX 272144 CCA ESFMKX WIC021-025-027-039-045-047-049-055-059-065-077-079-089-101-105- 111-117-127-131-133-280945- HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 344 PM CST MON DEC 27 2010 ...LARGE RISES ON AREA RIVERS POSSIBLE BY THIS WEEKEND... A SIGNIFICANT THAW IS ANTICIPATED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE FREEZING FOR ROUGHLY 40 HOURS OVER ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. THE ABOVE-FREEZING TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH RAIN AND FOG...MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT AND LARGE RISES ON AREA RIVERS. THE MOST UNCERTAINTY WILL BE IN HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS AND IF ALL OR ONLY PART OF THE SNOW PACK WILL MELT AWAY. CURRENT COMPUTER FORECAST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS POSSIBLY PICKING UP 3/4 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM. IF THIS FORECAST PANS OUT...THE SNOW-PACK MAY ABSORB MUCH OF THE RAIN. THIS WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MELTING AND RUNOFF OF WATER INTO THE RIVERS AND THUS MINIMIZE ANY FLOODING. FAST-RESPONDING RIVERS AND STREAMS...SUCH AS THE FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER AND THE ROOT RIVER CANAL NEAR RAYMOND...ARE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO MINOR FLOODING. THE WARMER TEMPERATURES AND RUNOFF WILL RESULT IN SOME ICE JAMS ON RIVERS AND RESULT IN RAPID FLUCTUATIONS OF WATER LEVELS. MUCH COLDER WEATHER WILL RETURN AGAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND...TURNING ALL STANDING WATER AND PARTIALLY MELTED SNOW INTO SHEETS OF ICE. ALSO...MORE ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE AS ANY ICE BREAK-UPS ON RIVERS REFREEZE. IF MORE RAIN FALLS THAN IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED...THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF...SNOW MELT...AND FLOODING WILL INCREASE. FORECAST GUIDANCE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BETTER HELP US DETERMINE HOW MUCH RAIN DOES EVENTUALLY FALL. $$ CORRECTED SPELLING ERROR IN LAST PARAGRAPH. CRAVEN/KAPELA |