After a mid-March winter storm that brought more than two feet of snow to much of Wisconsin, weather conditions are calming down March 17.
Denny Van Cleave, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan, said the blizzard conditions cleared up Monday, March 16, and partly sunny skies are forecast for Tuesday, March 17 in the Milwaukee area.
The rest of Wisconsin has also seen the end of this weather system’s heavy snow and gusty winds.
“There’s no more of that business going on,” Van Cleave said.
Another round of snow is expected overnight March 17 into March 18, but that will likely only bring 1 or 2 inches of additional accumulation to most of the state, Van Cleave said. The highest snow amounts from that system is expected to be 2 to 3 inches, and concentrated southwest of Madison. Milwaukeeans can expect about an inch.
The snow is not expected to stick around long as temperatures warm up the rest of the week.
In the Milwaukee area, highs are expected to climb above freezing Wednesday, March 18, and continue to warm into the 50s by the end of the week, Van Cleave said.
In the wake of the blizzard, spring is trying to make a real arrival, he said.
Contact Kelli Arseneau at (920) 213-3721 or karseneau@gannett.com. Follow her on X at @ArseneauKelli.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Spring-like temperatures forecast in wake of Wisconsin’s mid-March blizzard
Reporting by Kelli Arseneau, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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