Now at 10 00 tonight. The calm before the snow. The city of milwaukee getting a head start on the first major winter storm of the season. Luckily for us, our first snowfall of the season will arrive on a well tell you about the cities plans. Livl meteorologist where this snowstorm is on the way. I hope this pattern isnt continuing on for the rest of the winter season. We had a first small snow last sunday where we picked up a couple of inches. The cold air is here. It will not be heavy wet snow, it will be powdery snow. Snow starts to push in with a after 6 00 oclock, or 7 00 oclock milwaukee time. And have a snowy sunday. This will continue on for 24 to even 30 hours. It starts at 6 00 oclock on saturday, the winter storm watch, all the way from greenway down to chicago, all of southeast wisconsin extending west into western wisconsin and ends at midnight sunday night. Now, nothing going on right now around our area. Here is the low, starting to push out of the mountains. It will be into the plains by our direction. Going to the packers game it will snow on your way up, snow on your way back, and it will snow during the game. If youre tailgating around 11 00 oclock, noon, snow will be falling 26 degrees throughout the game. Again, kickoff snow, 28, 25 snow for the remainder of the game. Wake up in the Morning Hours, 20 degrees. Partly cloudy. Cold tomorrow, if you have chores or christmas showers do thats when the snow hits. Snow total time line coming up. Thank you john. The cold was a challenge for the emergency screws searching a lake for a man who broke through thin eyes. After several hours of searching body was pulled around 5 30. Thats where case i shares the critical ice Safety Information we need to know. Reporter the alcorn fire chief says the man was 7 football fields out on to the ice when he fell through that distance and how cold it is required dozens of crews. By air, and water, rescuers from three dozens departments spent hours on lake cuomo for the 34yearold man. They can only go in the weighter for short period of time. Around30 the town of geneve a Police Department says the rescue turned to a recovery. Body was located in the lake. They tell us the man walked from a property in geneve a national on to ice rescuer say wasnt save to walk on. Weve had an unseasonably warm and fall season here in wisconsin. Ice is incredibly unstable. Rescuers say when people fall through hypothermia setsin. The National Service ges guidelines, 4inches for walking. There are certain dont subscribe to those. Rescuers on this tragic scene hope others will listen to their warning. Ice is save. No ice is safe ice. I wouldnt recommend being on the ice at any time. Police arent telling us who the man is as yet as they have to inform their family. In lake again err a case i todays tmj4. The walking bridges have already been pretreated with it on the streets before they put it on the main roads. 175 garbage and recycling trucks mounted with plow blades are ready to go when the snow starts to fall. If we get the higher limits of the snow predicted, we will have a snow emergency in all likelihood. That is declared by the commissioner of public works. In a snow emergency there are posted snow routes. Look for those signs again whenever you park. Now if you are parked emergency you will be ticketed and toed. During snow emergencies some mps schools make playgrounds for overnight parking. List of those schools and also the city winter parking rules as tmj4. Com. Remember its now the law in wisconsin it turn on the headlights if it is snowing or any condition that limits visibility, wrijs and elevated roads can be icy slick, even when pavement seems to be in good condition. The posted speed limits are for dry pavement. By the end of the weekend powdery snow could coat the entire landscape. That means a lot of us are gearing up for the first for ainto snow survival. Live at the rock and franklin with look at the personal look. Corinne. Reporter george and carol, this is one of the places youll find snow in southeast wisconsin right now. But not for long. Thats why many people spent their friday ready. Some look forward to a big snow. We need some white on the ground. Others dont. No, not really. Differences aside, most agree on waiting until the last minute to prepare. Same thing every year. Its human nature. Reporter phones ringing off the hook at switsers on milwaukees south side. Blower repairs. Some stopping in. Parts getting the snow blower going for the weekend. Sometimes draining the gas out, putting some fresh gas in. Lots of track at harrys ace hardware in franklin. Weve been busy. The owner thankful for the boosts in sale. We bought a new snowmobile. We bought something for ice on the driveway. Armed to avoid or enjoy whats to snowman. The rock plans to open next saturday if all goes as planned. Georgie know youre looking for packing snow to build a snowman. Just so you know its powder out here, youll have to cross your fingers for this weekend. Reporting live in franklin corinne tmj4. John said a moment ago snoer snow game sunday as the frozen tundra of lambeau field. And from. Layer up and give yourself extra time to get there t. Check travel conditions of this map from current road conditions. Green means gao. No major weather related issues right now for most of the state. You will find a link to the map anytime on our website, all the links weve mentioned about winter parking, the Current Conditions map, theyre all put together in the special storm resources section right here onu the president ial recount is nearly 90 complete in wisconsin. 64, 72 counties have finished and sent the results to the state elections commission. This is video from waukesha counting. The counting is still. Looking ahead every county must be done by tuesday. The state needs to certify the account to make sure wisconsin recognizes 10 electoral votes. Dog is blamed for a county sheriffs. The deputy car was rearended and roeld over. The deputy was not seriously hurt. The police are asking for a help. 30yearold Sabrina Allen hasnt been seen since tuesday. He has health problems. District foint 5937251 we have a traffic report. I94 northbound is shut down through the zoo interchange. This is a stretch from greenfield ave to watertown plank road its closed so they can put the bridge gerters. A milwaukee teacher could be walking the red carpet. Choir director finalist for the music educator awar. Striking the right chord in the classroom. Step into the raegan High School Choir room and youll from these young voices but also their leader. This week Erika Breitbart found her passion landed her on a short list for a major award. Its a great honor im more excited my students get that recognition because they spend day in and day out practicing. Emanuel rodriguez. Holy moly my teacher is nominated for a award. Breitbart for pushing him out of his comfort zone it all starts when breitbart was nominated by raegan staff. They put together video followed by rounds of interviews. Its Friends FamilyStudents Parents Community members. She says an 8 year uphill climb sets her apart. There is no program here. And the principal said you should build a program. We started it from scratch. It grew from 50 to 400 students who make music who cares so much about like her students. A sentiment that rings true throughout this room. Helping her make the cut from 290 quarterfinalists down to 10. Good. Reporter if she wins shell have a night with the stars with a favorite all right already in mind. I would love to meet bee yons yea that will be great. Tmj4. She will find out in late january. If she wins10 another 10,000 for her program. Good luck. Its an honor to be denominator dated. In case you missed this the Holiday Season is here. Coming up tangible evidence of this festive sign. Filled with the finest of animals and tree to warm your heart zbloosh add a little fall to take you to a party certain to warm you up this cold night. An idea that rocks. This doctor wants to benefit the 6 childrens he serves. The shows next here is jimmy falan with a preserve. Hey guys blade johnson is my. New at 10 00 a local doctor is inspired by a craziest gift ideas of the year. You might have heard going around, in order stroms a rock in a leather pouch. Sold out. A doctor Childrens Hospital couldnt believe it. Gave him an idea to help the kids at the hospital. Doctor david march goal is has started the rocks for a reason campaign. He put this video on facebook from now until december he will send you a rock from Lake Michigan in exchange for a donation to help the kids at childrens. Instead of doe mate l 85 for a retailer for a rock, send us 85 and i will be happy to send you a rock from the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan. Rock on doc. You can donate on lock. [ music ]. A chris ma sal is a at the scene yor center in milwaukee. It is one where musicians and singers have a celebration. Latin America Christmas eve tradition. Hard not to feel festive. Holiday magic. Here is a look at 2 major attractions. One in milwaukee and one in wauwatosa. [ music ]. Proof the arrived the annual Tree Lighting ceremony. The holiday is site to behold. All ages are dazzled by the holiday cheer. What is the favorite song. Jingle bells. For some the big draw was sweet treats. Im looking forward to getting my face dodged with candy. The man in the red suit had the most praise. To see santa. [ music ]. Exquisite lobby of the bank downtown. Upnorth holiday. About 15,000 visitors check it out every year. I cant tell you how many people i talk with bank clients or people i know, my uncle took me there as a a kids, my parents took me back, it brings back immediately so many memories for these people all around the great city. Here you will find the tradition, eyes skate, ice shant is, even the puck. Cam owe flauj for hunters and green pay backer. We would welcome you to come. Come spend time. Look at all the interesting details you see here. This year is an upnorth holiday. [ music ]. A lot to do around here both the Tree Lighting and beam owe holiday display, rai m s od can go to the less fortunate. L tke a live outside clear skies tonight. As we have been warning you all day thats about to change. Right john. How much snow on the ground for christmas . Here is a holiday festivity. Im trying to be positive carol. You can do a positively anyway, winter sto watch folks for tomorrow night starts at 6 00 oclock. All the way down ito illino, green boy, all the way past madison and even into portions of southwest and w runs until midnight sunday night. Here is your time line, the snow begins to move in around . 6 00 oclock int the western part of the viewing area around oclock, 7 30 into milwaukee county. Om 6 0oclk to noon, 2 to 4inches of snow. Noon sunday to 8 clock, sunday evening thats the heaviest of the snow, about 3 to 6 inches falls. And we see snows tapering off after 8 clock into the monday over Night Saturday night sunda morning, 4 to 5 inches. 3 tonches the. Ea of fond du lac, another 2 to 4ondu lac sunday ear, 3 to 5 sunday to sunday ern. 4 to 6 in the southern portions of the viewing area. General lip 6 to 9, maybe some 8 to 10. To our south 4 to 6 towards the green bay area and north of fond du lac and she boy began area. Clearing right now the west clouds are starting to thicken. The low is moving across colorado and into the plains start to generate new area snow over nebraska that will be moving in our direction. And the temperatures are going to stay cold right through tomorrow and through the weekend. So 21 right now milwaukee 19, racine 15. And ken oesh too 18, walk e sha with the clear skies. This is the powdery snow. 11 00 in ra sheen 5 is the wind chill factor in kenosha, 6 in beaver dam. Computer model showing the cold in place. High pressure moves out of the way, well still see some sunshine in the Morning Hours and watch the clouds come in first and then the snow starts to push in. In the evening hours and then the thicker part of the snow, the heavier parts of the snow, until 8 00 oclock tomorrow evening and the snow continues on through the day. The snow will be ending and well only see a few flurries after that. So for tonight mosley clear skies, early increasing clouds, 11 inland, 14 at the lakeshore. Windchill zero. Increasing cloud tomorrow, snow begins after 6 00. 22 degrees. So it stays cold all day. Tomorrow night 21. Well see some temperatures rising before the Morning Hours by midmorning on sunday, midmorning right through the rest of the evening into the evening snow continues on 30 degrees and those total anywhere in the 5 to 10ish range. From monday left over flurist 31. And then the cold hits. Tuesday mosley to partly cloudy skies. 20. Look at wednesday. And high of only 10 degrees. 13 on thursday. Look at that low temperature, george, on thursday. Well now that will be nice. Thats the first zero ive seen. An 18 with a 5 in the morning on friday. So cold air to end the week. This storm will drag down a little bit of polar air. Winter is here. Coming up in packers extra pammers and sea hawks are the only teams to make the playoffs each of the past four seasons and now their paths cross again. This is known as the blizzard bowl, december 1st, 1985, Tampa Bay Buccaneers greeted with 15 inches of snow. I remember my family even had all of us come out of of the woods that day it was so crazy. Sundays game could get 6 to 8 inches of snow . Green bay. Contest in 30 years. Quarterback Russell Wilson says bring it on. We want a tough environment. We look forward to those types of situations. And im hoping its coming down, snowing, hoping its a down pour snow. That will be great. Welcome back. Its the site of a beat the won against the spurs, bounce against portland and lose a head scratcher. The bucks getting off to a great job. Jabbar parker had great start. Atlanta roors back from a dennis sloweder. 33, gave the hawks for a. 114110. Rockets and thunders, sam dekker on the abrakes. Slam decker may not acknowledge him after that. Big, because houston beat them by 3. Wow. Wisconsin marquette rivalry comes to the bradley center. The key may be the fabulous freshman Marcus Howard playing like vets. Their maturity is more rare than their shooting. Their maturity is incredible. , you know, usually in i was one of these basket fresh mans like this, they go up and inand out. And, you know, there is its just an emotional roller coaster with freshman. It doesnt mean theyre bad. Its such a different level than high school. As good as marcus is one of the best programs. Sam played at probably one of the best teams in the history of the state. So youre coming from darn good stuff. Its still a big difference. And their maturity, they show up weight. Max holloway 206. Not for the feather weight title. He could be in a super fight with jose aldo or connor mcgregor. Connor mcgregor is out there at 145 pounds right now. Im still able in the 65 pounds. Good situation. Losing in 3 fights. One big win and im back on top. Meghan millions 19, 27, 47, 6867, 68, flier times 5. Tomorrow is the calm before the storm. 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