Weather Wise

A Cool & Breezy Saturday...

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A nice Labor Day Weekend ahead...

Sept. 03, 2010 10:24 p.m. | A taste of autumn has settled into southeast Wisconsin on strong northwesterly winds with gusts up to 40 miles per hour. The sprinkles will end by midnight and clouds will be breaking up quickly so we will have clearing by morning. Saturday dawns mostly sunny but temperatures will stay rather cool with high temperatures in the mid-sixties once again. After a cool saturday night Sunday looks great with high temperatures in the mid-seventies under partly cloudy skies. Labor Day looks partly cloudy and warmer with high temperatures in the low-eighties and the chance for an isolated thunderstorm. »Read Full Blog Post

What happened to Summer?

Sept. 03, 2010 6:45 a.m. | Get ready for an increase in clouds through the day on the back side of that big storm system that hit the area with some severe weather on Thursday. There could be some scattered showers associated with that cloudiness, but the bigger story will be the winds and cooler temperatures. Our gusts could reach near 40 mph out of the West-Northwest. Those strong breezes will bring Canadian air into the region and thermometers may be stuck in the 60's during the day through the first half of the holiday weekend. Sunshine and dry weather should dominate the Labor Day weekend with temperatures rebounding dramatically during the next few days. »Read Full Blog Post

Much cooler and less humid air invades the Milwaukee area...

Sept. 02, 2010 10:34 p.m. | Showers end Thursday night before midnight and then clearing skies, cooler air and less humid rolls into southeast Wisconsin. The dew points will drop into the comfortable range of the mid to low-fiifties on a very strong northwest wind at 15 to 30 miles per hour with gusts up to 40 miles per hour. Friday will be much cooler and less humid with an isolated shower possible. The cool and dry air will continue into the holiday weekend, with warmer air rolling in by Labor day Monday. Much of the weekend will be dry with low humidity and comfortable, dry air. »Read Full Blog Post

Line of Storms

By Brian Gotter

Sept. 02, 2010 3:37 p.m. | Isolated showers have been popping up in SE Wisconsin all day and continue this afternoon, but we are watching a line of thunderstorms moving through western Wisconsin and it will be here in a few hours. Now that the sun is out, the atmopshere will heat up and become more unstable and there is a slight risk for severe storms this evening as the front moves into the area. The storms will be gone by 10pm and then let the big weather changes begin. »Read Full Blog Post

Storms This Evening, Then Fall Arrives

By Brian Gotter

Sept. 02, 2010 12:44 p.m. | It is another muggy and dreary day in Milwaukee with highs near 80 and scattered T’showers. Southeastern Wisconsin is under a slight risk for severe storms late this afternoon and evening, especially if we get some sunshine and warm things up. As the cold front passes through this evening, the sky will clear, the wind will pick up and it will become more comfortable. Lows tonight will drop into the 50s. »Read Full Blog Post

Storms Ahead of Autumn Preview

By Craig Koplien

Sept. 02, 2010 4:42 a.m. | While there is a threat of thunderstorms before Noon today, the highest likelihood of them is this afternoon. They could continue through the evening before ending by Midnight. »Read Full Blog Post

A few thunderstorms may be rolling toward Milwaukee on Thursday...

Sept. 01, 2010 9:43 p.m. | One more night and day of sticky, humid air with low temperatures tonight in the upper-sixties with fog and drizzle and clouds and an isolated shower possible. Showers or thunderstorms are possible again on Thursday, aspecially in the afternoon. The storms could linger into Thursday night but should be done before 1am on Friday. Friday will be much cooler, less humid, and windy with an isolated shower possible. The cool and dry air will continue into the holiday weekend. »Read Full Blog Post

Isolated Evening T'Showers

By Brian Gotter

Sept. 01, 2010 4:09 p.m. | Isolated T'showers are popping up across SE Wisconsin and will be around the rest of the evening with temperatures in the 70s and very humid. There is a little better chance of rain after midnight, but the best chance of rain is Thursday afternoon and a few storms may become severe. Then the relief arrives with highs in the 60s and windy on Friday. »Read Full Blog Post

Cooler, but Still Sticky

By Brian Gotter

Sept. 01, 2010 12:08 p.m. | Welcome to September and the start of Meteorological Fall. Highs will be cooler today, in the upper 70s for Milwaukee and cooler at the lake, but it will remain steamy. After most of the Milwaukee area received about 0.5” to about 1” of rain overnight, the showers have moved east and we will remain mostly cloudy today with just a slight chance of a pop up shower. »Read Full Blog Post

Temperatures down, humidity still up

By Craig Koplien

Sept. 01, 2010 4:44 a.m. | Scattered showers this morning will gradually come to an end. The cloudy skies, however, will likely continue all day. There is a slight chance that a couple of thunderstorms could pop up this afternoon. The morning showers, and moreso the lack of sunshine, will lead to high temperatures lower than the past few days. Highs will only be in the mid 70s to near 80. »Read Full Blog Post

Warm and humid with showers and thunderstorms...

Aug. 31, 2010 10:22 p.m. | We will endure another 48 hours of humid air before a cold front brings in cooler and less humid air during the day on Friday. Another low pressure system moving in from the central Plains will delay the cold front moving through, and also prolong the chance for showers and thunderstorms in southeast Wisconsin. There is a good chance for thunderstorms late tonight and during the day on Wednesday, and we could see some ample rainfalls before it is all over late Thursday night. Temperatures will remain in the eighties with dew points in the seventies through Thursday. »Read Full Blog Post

Rain Slowing Moving Into Milwaukee

By Brian Gotter

Aug. 31, 2010 3:20 p.m. |

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Near Record Rainfalll

By Brian Gotter

Aug. 31, 2010 3:10 p.m. | A line of showers is slowly moving through the state and if it holds together and drops 0.21" of rain on Milwaukee (at the airport of course) before midnight, then this will be the wettest summer on record for Milwaukee. »Read Full Blog Post

Steamy...Rainy!

By Brian Gotter

Aug. 31, 2010 11:56 a.m. |

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Entering a stormy stretch

By Craig Koplien

Aug. 31, 2010 4:45 a.m. | While today looks dry, we are moving into a stormy stretch of weather. The threat of storms begins tonight, with the most likely time for them to occur being around or after midnight. Storms remain likely into tomorrow morning. They are possible in the afternoon too, but the threat is lower than earlier in the day. »Read Full Blog Post

One more hot and humid day ahead for Milwaukee...

Aug. 30, 2010 10:35 p.m. | The summer is ending on a warm note with high temperatures near 90 degrees on Tuesday, the last day of climatological summer for Milwaukee. The humidity levels will be high also making it a rather uncomfortable day. That same high humidity will contribute to showers and thunderstorms returning late Tuesday night and during the day on Wednesday. The cold front rolling through late Wednesday will start to bring less humid air into the Milwaukee area by late in the day on Thursday. »Read Full Blog Post

Humid..Few Showers

By Brian Gotter

Aug. 30, 2010 3:11 p.m. | It is warm and humid with highs in the upper 80s, except along the lake where it is humid and upper 70s. A few spotty showers are also developing in northern Illinois and moving north so expect a few small and brief showers until about 7pm, especially south of Milwaukee. These are heat driven showers, so as the sun sets, the chance of showers diminishes. »Read Full Blog Post

Heat & Humidity Returns

By Brian Gotter

Aug. 30, 2010 12:09 p.m. |

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Warm and Humid for a Few More Days

By Craig Koplien

Aug. 30, 2010 4:45 a.m. | We'll be wrapping up the month of August with weather similar to which we experienced much of the summer: warm and humid. Highs will be in the mid to upper 80s today and tomorrow before falling to the low 80s on Wednesday. The humidity will be high each day as well. Both the temperatures and humidity will head lower on Thursday leading to cooler and more comfortable weather for Friday and next weekend. »Read Full Blog Post