Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures Through This Weekend
A clipper storm will move across the Great Lakes through this weekend with periods of light snow, gusty winds, and lake effect snow bands which could make for hazardous travel at times. A frigid airmass will spread eastward behind this storm into the Midwest and Eastern U.S. through the weekend. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL (LMZ646) Issued by: National Weather Service Milwaukee, WI Last Update: 110 PM CST Sat Jan 17 2026 | |
Rest Of Today: West wind 15 to 20 knots with gusts to around 25 knots. Snow. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet late in the afternoon. Tonight: West wind 15 to 20 knots. Gusts up to 25 knots. Snow through around midnight. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Sunday: West wind 15 to 20 knots backing southwest in the afternoon. Snow in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet building to 2 to 4 feet late in the afternoon. Sunday Night: Southwest wind 15 to 20 knots veering west with gusts to around 25 knots late in the evening, then becoming 15 to 25 knots with gusts to around 30 knots after midnight rising to up to 30 knots with gusts to around 35 knots early in the morning. Snow likely through around midnight, then slight chance of snow after midnight. Waves 3 to 4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet early in the morning. wave heights are for ice free areas. | |
| Zone Forecast: Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL (LMZ646) | |
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