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Racine and Kenosha counties can expect frigid wind chills the rest of the week. |
RACINE — Racine and Kenosha counties can expect frigid wind chills the rest of the week.
According to meteorologist Benjamin Sheppard of the National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan station, Wednesday will bring highs in the mid 20s and single digit lows. The wind chill will be around 10 degrees, falling into the single digits overnight.
Early Wednesday morning is supposed to bring three to four inches of snow. The winter weather advisory will end at 6 a.m. Wednesday, but the snow may still affect the morning commute.
Wednesday's temperatures will help the salt on the roads be more effective as the day goes in. Caution should still be taken on the evening commute.
There will be a lull during the day before the snow returns Wednesday evening shortly after 5 p.m. until around midnight. Sheppard said it will yield an additional half an inch to an inch and a half of snow.
This precipitation is not lake effect snow, he said.
“Based off of the wind’s direction that we’re getting with this, this will just a good old synoptically, system-driven snowfall. None of that snow will be lake effect or lake enhanced,” Sheppard said.
Thursday will have highs in the teens and lows from negative 7 to negative 12. The windchill Thursday night into Friday is slated to reach into the negative 20s.
Friday will see highs around zero or slightly below while lows are predicted to be between negative 7 to negative 14.
Sheppard said the worst cold will be Thursday night into Friday. The National Weather Service has not officially released an advisory as of Tuesday morning, but he expects there will at least be a cold weather advisory.
“Depending on how things trend in that time window, we are potentially considering an extreme cold watch which would then be upgraded into an extreme cold warning,” Sheppard said.
If there is an official advisory, he said those are often put in place at least 24 hours prior to the beginning of the extreme conditions.
Sheppard recommends taking precautions for the cold and snow this week.
Suggestions include budgeting plenty of travel time to reach destinations and even considering avoiding travel if it is not necessary.
Additionally, people in Racine and Kenosha counties should be bundling their winter clothes, dressing in layers, reducing time spent outdoors, keeping pets indoors and ensuring heaters and furnace exhaust outputs are unclogged to combat carbon monoxide risks.
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