First round of snow is over then wintry mix and snow is likely Tuesday evening

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The first round of snow as part of our two-hit storm system is over. It brought a quick round of light snow that only lasted about four hours in any given location. Snow totals ranged from a dusting to around an inch depending on where you live. 


Now that the overnight snow is done, we stay for most of Tuesday. Temperatures during this dry time will be the warmest since the end of November with afternoon highs warming past the freezing mark. We stay above freezing most of Tuesday night through Wednesday morning then start to cool Wednesday afternoon. 


The precipitation Tuesday evening rolls in as snow first from 4-7 PM. By 7 PM everyone is seeing snow that is starting to switch to wintry mix as the rain/snow line moves its way north. 

Northern counties like Fond du Lac, Sheboygan and northern parts of Dodge, Washington and Ozaukee Counties may stay all snow during this evening where areas south of that will see a mixture of snow, sleet, freezing rain and plain rain most of Tuesday night.

After 4 AM on Wednesday, the wintry mix will switch back to snow for everyone with a couple hours of just snow possible for the Wednesday morning commute. All precipitation should end by late morning Wednesday. The rate of snow should be too heavy but snow will accumulate quickly Tuesday night, especially in northern counties. A glaze of ice might be possible with some of the freezing rain and sleet. The road temperatures are still pretty cold so any plain rain that falls could freeze on most surfaces. The early evening commute on Tuesday won't be too bad but after 7 PM roads could become tricky. The Wednesday morning commute will be a little more tricky with snow and layer of ice on the bottom in some areas. 

Snow and sleet accumulations will amount to less than 2" in some southern counties, especially south of I-94. Our northern counties, where they stay mostly or all snow, will see higher totals with 2-5" possible. Isolated locations could see 6". This will be a fairly wet snow, especially father south, but a bit drier the farther north you go. 

Download the CBS 58 Weather app to track the snow and mix with the interactive radar. 

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