According to a separate hazardous weather outlook issued, “there still remains a few uncertainty regarding the timing and strength of this system”, but added “current indications are that … several inches of snow could potentially fall”.
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27 Storm Track meteorologist Lee Ann Okuly forecasts a chance for a rain/snow mix early Friday evening, quickly changing to all snow and continuing through the morning Saturday, with 4 to 6 inches near Madison, much less farther north and a bit more farther south.
The snow could hit the Midwest as early as Friday afternoon, according to the Washington Post, as a storm system heading east reaches Iowa and later IL and Wisconsin. Roads will be snow-covered and slippery, and the visibility will be low at times.
Tuesday’s storms come on the two-year anniversary of tornadoes and thunderstorms that killed eight people in IL. Forecasters say a small tornado touched down before dawn Tuesday in North Texas, in the Keller area. For meteorological fall (September through November), Madison has received 11.1 inches of precipitation, 4.12 inches above normal.
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The storm that originated in the Gulf of Alaska could be a harbinger of El Nino, the ocean-warming phenomenon that’s predicted to bring heavy rain to the West in the coming months, said Kathy Hoxsie of the National Weather Service. “We want storms. We want rain”. Heaviest snowfall is expected to occur here from Midnight Friday night into mid-morning Saturday – gradually ending from the west and pulling away from our area to the east Saturday afternoon.
