Snowstorm headed for the Great Lakes Thursday
December 16th, 2012 at 10:24 am by Doug Higgins under Weather
While it’s still may days away, weather forecasting tools called computer models are indicating a big storm for the Great Lakes this Thursday. The storm will have abundant moisture, a strong low pressure system, and lots of wind. These conditions along with cold air on the back side of the storm will produce large amounts of snow.
If the storms stay on track parts of Wisconsin could see 8 to 12 inches of snow. Heavy snow would have a major impact on holiday travelers by both car and air Thursday and Friday.
We are closely monitoring this potent storm so check back to Fox11online.com and Fox 11 News for the latest forecast.
The maps below show the position of Blizzard Allison on the left, and the forecast for Thursday’s storm on the right. While not quite as strong or large as Allison, Thursday’s storm has the eastern half of Wisconsin under the sweet spot for heaviest possible snowfall!
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Doug Higgins is the meteorologist for Good Day Wisconsin, as well as FOX 11 News at Five and Nine on the weekends. He has a background in covering everything from tornadoes to t...
Nicely done.. We hadnt had a snow storm like this before Christmas back in ’09
I hope this all works out!
NOOOOOOOOO!!!! Christmas Party for Clients on FRIDAY (make it go away magical meterologists)
@Chris the storm is for Thursday and your Christmas Party for clients is Friday. What is the problem?
Is this for thurseday night and will there still be school friday?
I heard late Wed, early Thurs. But could change, they are tracking.
Depends on much we get, but I’m betting there will be no school Friday.
Yes I heard the same, after midnight Wednesday and last most of Thursday. To early I am sure yet to tell for sure
Does this “snowstorm” have a name yet???
In lower Michigan they’re calling it Draco the Dragon. So far (here in Appleton) it’s not ‘draggin’ any tail, though. Nothin’ like an evening to stay home and have everything cancelled!