Snow Storm A Comin’!

Looks like travel can become a bit challenging Monday afternoon and evening.  Here's the latest from the National Weather Service in LaCrosse.

WINTER STORM MOVING IN FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...

.A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MONDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN AND SOME ICING IS ALSO POSSIBLE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18. THE PRECIPITATION THEN LIFTS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MONDAY AFTERNOON... MAINLY AS SNOW. THE MIX WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY MONDAY EVENING... CONTINUING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MUCH OF MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AS MUCH AS 1 INCH OF SLEET COULD BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW. IN ADDITION... NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW.

MUCH OF THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO WARNINGS LATER TODAY.