They are done for the night. But hundreds of people with public works will be on duty this weekend. And you should know salt is a bit different this season. Its prewet, meaning it has more of an oatmeal consistency. So what does that mean . According to Laura Daniels with dpw, this will make it much better for us drivers. The salt wont just hide under parked cars, but be spread out. Our employees, up to 350 of them, will be have safe and passable streets. Adrienne and of course we will be on top of it as well. There is Something Interesting to put it in perspective, tackling a storm like the one were expecting this weekend, not even our biggest, will cost about 1. 5 million. That is according to public works in milwaukee, im adrienne. Pedersen, wisn 12 news. Patrick a reminder, winter parking rules are in effect in the city of milwaukee. The amount of snow that falls will determine whether the 4 inch rule will take effect. So be sure to read the signs carefully. . Kathy if you arent re
Star wars. Its just coming at you and you cant really see very well. several inches of snow. And nonstop shoveling. Its very light. So it will be easy. The scenewere two weeks from christmasand the falling snow finally makes it feel like it. It came down light and fluffy and slowly built up to to several inches in our area. We have Team Coverage of this weekends weather. Lets start with weather expert tom wachs. The worst of the snow is over. Snow will taper off from west to east this temperatures will fall through the 20s tonight and wont rise much on monday. Quiet monday with a high in the mid20s. Bitter cold air tuesdaythursday with another chance for accumulating tapering off. Low 20 wind w 510 mph monday mostly cloudy. High 24 wind wsw 1015 mph tuesday partly sunny. Very cold. Am low 6 high 16 wind wsw 510 and a live look at the freeway system tonight crews have been working nonstop get snow removed and salt down on the roads. And the good news no major accidents from this storm s
Yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays crash shutdown part of i894 eastbound near 60th street. The crash has just been cleared. And the lanes have just reopened the Greenfield Fire Department tweeted that it involved a plow truck and a no word on that persons condition. Or what caused the crash. All lanes are now back open. City of milwaukee dpw crews worked through the night clearing snow and salting. That means parking regulations are strictly enforced to give them plenty of room. And if you dont cooperate your car could be towed. Deandra corinthios is live on the east side with more. Snow removal operation. The four inch rule is in effect. To avoid getting ticketed or towed. Youll want to read posted signs carefully. The four inch rule means no parking is allowed on the side of the street where the sign is posted until the snow has been removed day or nightany time of the year. You should also familiarize yourself streets. Sunday night through 6 am today. C
Find november weather is tumbling and in time for the weekend. You can see a wave from Lake Michigan for the most part it extends further into illinois. Three miles at waukesha. Not quite as foggy as it was in lent. Most of this is going to be inland. In the 30s. 34 in west bend. 44 at the airport. Everybody will come out of the 50s and into the 60s. Patchy fog becoming sunny. Gorgeous weather is a look at sunny skies and mid 60s. Melinda. When youre on the go take the weather watch 12 forecast with you. Just download the wisn 12 news app. Its free for your smartphone or tablet. Ben later today the former Milwaukee Police officer accused of Sexual Assault will be back tim dominique heagganbrown is scheduled to be arraigned later this morning. Earlier this week the Department Fired him from his job. And last night the milwaukee fire and Police Commission made it official that heagganbrown is no longer on the force. In october he was charged with Sexual Assault. Prosecutors say he may ha
When shes invariable fogginess. No issue of fog what you get into waukesha county. When you headed west, the fog became dense. Some of the fog hanging on in the distance. There is an advisory until 10 00 a. M. All of the inland counties across southeast and wisconsin, we have seen southeastern wisconsin, we have seen visibility dropped down. Youll get more fog and we get into the higher spots and not quite as reduced visibility. A little bit of fog in this direction. It has been a little slow. I am meteorologist Jeremy Nelson , back to you. Melinda we turn now to traffic watch 12. Matt salemme is on the way to news chopper 12. How is the morning commute matt in Milwaukee County, were looking pretty good. Visibility is 10 miles at the international airport. It now if you are try to get a drivein, things in decent shape. We had an early crash, that is all gone. Travel times look great. They are in the green. It is a 30 minute drive on foot one southbound from highway q to the zoo. That i