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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Winter Storm Caused Closings, Traffic Backups

The winter storm that sat over the Milwaukee area on Tuesday and Wednesday dropped far more snow than originally predicted, leading to school closings and treacherous road conditions.

Updated 10 p.m. Wednesday Updated 9:15 p.m. The winter storm that started Tuesday and ended overnight Wednesday into Thursday was originally predicted to leave little impact.  But conditions were just right for the storm to grow, and it ended up dumping wet, slushy snow that closed schools and made roads dangerous for several days.  Patch media partners WISN 12 News said this storm didn't follow the predictions. Computers and humans alike had originally predicted two to four inches of snow from this system, which earlier had buried the Plains states in a fresh blanket of snow. However, some uncharacteristic lake enhancement took place late Tuesday afternoon, driving snow totals much higher. "A humbling storm for all meteorologists in …

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Weird Weather Topped Headlines in 2012

National Weather Service recaps 2012, which was indeed hot enough for all of us, and continues to have an impact at the grocery stores.

With just a few days left in 2012, the Milwaukee area stands poised to at least tie if not break the warmest year on record, since records have been kept in the late 1800s. The average temperature as of Dec. 26 was 53.1 degrees, tying the record set in 1931. It would be a worthy award to take away from a year that had its share of weather headlines, and not just for the heat. The National Weather Service, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has come out with its top Wisconsin headlines from 2012, and we've added a few of our own links to local weather stories. Read on to remember what a weird weather year it has been. Snow....what snow? The story really began in 2011, as the winter that never was gave us …

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