A Powerful Storm Continues to Bring Windy Conditions
and Much Colder Weather
Brisk west winds will continue tonight and Wednesday as a powerful storm system continues to move away across Canada. Wind gusts of 20 to 35 mph are expected. The graphic below depicts the maximum wind gusts that occurred Monday night and Tuesday followed by a precise listing of those wind gusts.
Here are maximum observed wind gusts:
...Wind Reports Past 24 Hours ending at 3 PM Dec 5, 2017... Location Speed Time/Date ...Wisconsin... ...Columbia County... 1 NNW Pardeeville 42 MPH 0214 AM 12/05 1 E Lake Wisconsin 41 MPH 0108 AM 12/05 1 NW Lake Wisconsin 40 MPH 1140 PM 12/04 2 E Lake Wisconsin 36 MPH 0121 AM 12/05 ...Dane County... 1 WNW Middleton 48 MPH 0135 AM 12/05 Madison-Dane County Airport 48 MPH 0127 AM 12/05 2 NE Verona 40 MPH 1156 PM 12/04 Black Earth 39 MPH 0110 AM 12/05 2 NNE Sun Prairie 38 MPH 1033 PM 12/04 4 SW Black Earth 38 MPH 0142 PM 12/05 De Forest 36 MPH 0110 PM 12/05 Oregon 36 MPH 0130 PM 12/05 ...Dodge County... Dodge County Apt 47 MPH 1115 PM 12/04 3 NW Kekoskee 44 MPH 0228 PM 12/05 2 N Watertown 37 MPH 1225 AM 12/05 ...Fond du Lac County... Fond Du Lac Airport 51 MPH 0816 PM 12/04 3 E Lomira 37 MPH 0235 AM 12/05 ...Green County... Monroe 61 MPH 1115 PM 12/04 New Glarus 36 MPH 1119 PM 12/04 ...Iowa County... Mineral Point 47 MPH 1235 AM 12/05 4 N Dodgeville 41 MPH 0111 PM 12/05 ...Jefferson County... Watertown 44 MPH 0150 AM 12/05 ...Kenosha County... Kenosha-Airport 58 MPH 1131 PM 12/04 2 ENE Twin Lakes 49 MPH 1222 AM 12/05 1 NW Kenosha 35 MPH 0923 PM 12/04 ...Marquette County... 4 E Oxford 47 MPH 0115 AM 12/05 ...Milwaukee County... Milwaukee-Gen Mitchell Arpt 60 MPH 1241 AM 12/05 West Allis 50 MPH 0108 PM 12/05 Milwaukee-Timmerman Arpt 49 MPH 0235 AM 12/05 1 SW Cudahy 45 MPH 0120 AM 12/05 1 S West Allis 44 MPH 1231 AM 12/05 1 ENE Greendale 36 MPH 1248 AM 12/05 ...Ozaukee County... Port Washington 52 MPH 1240 AM 12/05 ...Racine County... Racine-Batten Airport 58 MPH 0254 AM 12/05 Burlington 48 MPH 0210 AM 12/05 ...Rock County... Janesville / Rock Co Arpt 45 MPH 1215 AM 12/05 3 S Edgerton 42 MPH 1145 PM 12/04 ...Sauk County... Reedsburg-Airport 48 MPH 0115 AM 12/05 Lone Rock-Airport 46 MPH 0142 PM 12/05 Baraboo 45 MPH 0155 AM 12/05 ...Sheboygan County... Sheboygan-Airport 55 MPH 0231 PM 12/05 Random Lake 46 MPH 0110 AM 12/05 Plymouth 40 MPH 0304 PM 12/05 3 NNE Kohler 39 MPH 0303 AM 12/05 ...Walworth County... Genoa City 41 MPH 0823 PM 12/04 ...Washington County... 1 W Jackson 51 MPH 1221 AM 12/05 1 ESE West Bend 51 MPH 0104 AM 12/05 West Bend Municipal Airport 49 MPH 0115 AM 12/05 Jackson 47 MPH 1153 PM 12/04 4 WNW West Bend 41 MPH 0121 AM 12/05 ...Waukesha County... 2 SE Eagle 55 MPH 0220 AM 12/05 Waukesha Airport 48 MPH 0135 AM 12/05 Muskego 45 MPH 0133 PM 12/05 Okauchee Lake 42 MPH 0314 AM 12/05 2 NW Brookfield 40 MPH 0333 AM 12/05 Brookfield 40 MPH 0259 AM 12/05 ...Maritime Stations... 2 E Racine 63 MPH 0145 AM 12/05 Sheboygan Lakeshore 53 MPH 0300 AM 12/05 Kenosha Lakeshore 53 MPH 0100 AM 12/05 Milwaukee Lakeshore 48 MPH 0110 AM 12/05
Much colder temperatures have arrived behind the departing system. These colder temperatures will likely stick around into the second half of December. This will be the coldest air of the season so far. Now is a good time to prepare for the arrival of very cold temperatures.
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Now is a good time to prepare for the arrival of much colder temperatures.
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan