Filled with snow. Snow. Dpw briefed reporters about those preparations cbs 58s amanda devoe is live with the key points of the plan. Amanda . The city wants you to know that crews will be out in full force to make sure the roads are safe to drive. The Milwaukee Department of public works says antiicing operations started on wednesday. Crews are brining the streets with salt and water to keep the snow from sticking to the pavement. 102 streets starting tomorrow. Dpw says 350 workers will be out over the course of the storm, and theyre prepared to work 12 hour shifts. Dpw also says they are monitoring the storm, and will do whatever it takes to keep the roads safe, reminding drivers to be patient with plow trucks as they remove snow. Laura daniels, director of operations, dpw its important for us to get the snow moved and especially with a storm of this sizable predicted amounts that we dont leave snow there because itll just compound future storms. We need to get through this weekends s
Snow is in the forecast. There is clearing across the southeast corner of the state. Snow showers near janesville and madison. This is the rock sports complex. 21 degrees in franklin. Now much wind to speak of there. The winds are a little lighter today but brisk by the midday. The temperatures in the mid 20s. The average high is 35 to see this, i updated the snow forecast, maybe a little higher than you are thinking. Thank you, jeremy. 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. Melinda new from overnight, a Sheboygan County deputy involved in a crash along i43 near county highway pp. Thats between sheboygan and kohler. The interstate was closed for about two hours early this morning while emergency crews worked to clear the scene. Trapped in her cruiser but responders were able to get her out. Tim looking ahead, addressing concerns about milwaukees water safety. The citys Water
Minutes. Now to matt. The roads are dry and the volume is light. Things are in good shape on the roadways. No overnight construction leftover. The travel times are looking great. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Melinda new from overnight, a Sheboygan County deputy involved in a crash along i43 near county highway pp. Thats between sheboygan and kohler. The interstate was closed for about two hours early this morning while emergency crews worked to clear the scene. Were told the deputy was trapped in her cruiser but responders were able to get her out. Tim looking ahead, addressing concerns about milwaukees water safety. Hilly mintz is live in milwaukee with a look ahead. Good morning, hillary. Testimony. Placing miles and miles of pipeline below ground is not cheap and this morning the leaders are meeting to try to figure out how to come up with the money to do it. This morning the Water Quality task force is meeting at city hall and discussing how to pay to replace t
Windchill to contend with. Clear to partly cloudy downtown milwaukee. 24 degrees. The west to northwest breeze and taking the temperature and making it feel like like 13. The temperatures teens to 20s statewide. The overnight low in the lower 20s. Again, it is feeling brisk out there with a little breeze. The temperatures low 20s. Not much of a temperature climb in the afternoon. 25 or dry tonight. We have snow over the weekend. The updated snowfall forecast, seeing is believing on that one. Now up to matt. Good morning to you and everyone, we are over 41 , 45, this is where Capitol Drive under the freeway. Right now both directions are looking great. No crashes reported on the system. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt, thank you. A sheboygan deputy involved in a crash along i43 near pp. The interstate was closed for two hours this morning while the crews worked to clear the scene. We are told that the deputy was trapped inside of the cruiser, but th able to get he
Guidelines when heading out on the ice. Two inches and under they advise you stay off the ice. They say at least 4 inches of ice is a safe bet for walking or ice fishing. Snowmobiles and atvs. 5 to 6, small cars and trucks 8 to 12 and for anything bigger at least a foot. The city of Milwaukee Department of public works is getting ready for the several inches of snow expected to fall in milwaukee over the weekend. Lauren winfrey is liit department is doing to prepare. Safe and passable. Those are the two words emphasized most today during the department of Public Works Press conference that wrapped up just a couple of hours ago. The department has a plan to clear snow and ice and keep milwaukees streets safe and passable in fact laura daniels, ddirector of operations says her team has been preparing for the citys first snow fall since the summer implementing a new brining technique this year if we get the higher limits of the snow predicted, we will have a snow emergency in all likeliho