Area. We have Team Coverage tonight. Myra sanchick checked in with snow preparations in milwaukee and Justin Williams went to communities outside the city. Lets begin with weather expert tom wachs though. Hes in the Weather Center tonight. Winter storm watch for all of se wi from saturday night through sunday night increasing clouds tonight. It will be very cold with temperatures falling into the teens by sunrise the day saturday with highs in the low 20s. Snow moves in from the west on saturday evening. The snow will continue through the day sunday and taper off sunday night. 69 of total accumulation is forecast, lower amounts toward fon du lac county. Tonight increasing clouds. Cold. Low 13 wind nw 510 mph saturday snow moving in from mph sunday snow likely. Tapering off sunday night. 69 total accumulation. Am low 22 high 30 wind se 1020 mph monday mostly cloudy. Am low 23 high 26 wind w 515 mph municipalities across the area bracing for the snow. Dpw crews are preparing for a pretty
News from overnight milwaukee deadly crash. It happened around 11 15 last night in the area of 12th and hadley. Were told a 31yearold milwaukee man was driving a chevy suburban and crashed into a Dodge Stratus, driven by a 66yearold man. The 66yearold died on scene. The 31yearold driver stayed on scene and is cooperating with the investigation. Even if you arent ready for our first major snowfall. Milwaukee public works Officials Say they are. Fox6s Myra Sanchick has more on what the city is doing to as sure as the the snow falls each year, the day before that snowfall customers call. We sell a lot of salt, shovels, snowblowers and im sure tomorrow morning well see more of it blifferts is one of many Hardware Stores now in the thick of it. People always procrastinate,put it off here we go the predictions are that soon the area will be in the thick of it. Wednesday brine was put on streets, intended to stop this weekends snow from sticking. Its worked on the past on bridges, and now it
Of public works says 283 salt trucks and plows have been deployed to tackle this snowfall. About an hour ago they say garbage and recycling trucks hit the roads with mounted plow blades to clear side streets in the city. Salt trucks will remain on the main streets. The dpw says it plans to send out an additional 52 front end loaders along with 12 private plow truck throughout the morning. Well continue our a thats where we find our Julie Collins. There are closings in our area to be aware of. They will be scrolling along throughout the show. We also have a list posted on our website fox six now dot com. Were taking a look now at overnight conditions in oshkosh. Road conditions are slick. If youre heading that way for the packers game take your time . If youre staying home for the game. You can watch the packers take on the seahawks right here on fox six. The game is at 325. And afterwards stay tuned for a fox 6 news special with reaction from the locker room. Several areas in illinois
Weather a bit of sun today as yesterdays storm low move off to our east. Colder air starts rolling in today with temperatures falling to the low 20s this afternoon and dipping into the Single Digits tonight. High pressure and cold air for wednesday means sun but highs only in the low teens. We cool further on be in the Single Digits with subzero lows. We should warm back to near seasonal by the weekend with some light snow returning. Today partly sunny. Chance of evening snow showers. High 22 wind wsw 1015 mph tonight a few clouds. Low 9 wind w 39 mph anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no i894 back open this morning after a crash overnight shuts down the street. The Greenfield Fire Department tweeted that it involved a plow truck and a vehicle. And that one person was taken to the hospital. No word on that persons condition. Or what caused the crash. All lanes reopened around five this morning. City of milwaukee
Navigating the winter parking rules. But we start with weather expert tom wachs. He joins us from the weather deck with a look at the forecast. A few light snow showers are possible around midnight. No accumulation expected. Temperatures will fall through the teens, to around 10 by morning. Mostly sunny, blustery and cold and wind chills around zero during the day. Partly sunny, windy and very cold wednesday with a high around 14 and wind chills below zero all day. Morning wind chills wednesday will be in the 10 to 15 range. Partly sunny and bitter cold thursday. Highs in the single digits. Morning wind chills around 20, afternoon wind chills 5 to 15. Impact us friday into saturday. Stay tuned. Tonight light snow showers overnight. Low 10 wind wsw 510 mph tuesday mostly sunny. Blustery and cold. High 17 20thousand tons of salt arrived at the port of milwaukee this morning. Some of the salt will be used by road crews in the area to deice streets and highways. The port of milwaukee handl