Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain & Isolated Severe Thunderstorms in Southern California

Snow squalls are likely to cross the Lower Great Lakes this evening and the Ohio Valley through the interior Northeast/northern Mid-Atlantic overnight, before potentially reaching the I-95 corridor from D.C. to New York City early New Year’s Day morning. Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms will impact coastal southern California including Los Angeles tonight into early on New Year's Day. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Last Update: 311 PM CST Wed Dec 31 2025

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Milwaukee, WI Local Forecast Office

3NM E South Milwaukee WI

Marine Zone Forecast

Tonight

Northwest wind up to 30 knots easing to 15 to 25 knots late in the evening, then becoming northwest 15 to 25 knots after midnight becoming 15 to 20 knots early in the morning. Chance of snow in the evening. Freezing spray through around midnight. Waves 4 to 6 feet subsiding to 3 to 5 feet after midnight, then subsiding to 3 to 4 feet early in the morning.

Thursday

Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Snow likely in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet in the late morning and afternoon.

Thursday Night

West wind 10 to 15 knots veering northwest early in the morning. Mostly cloudy through around midnight then becoming partly cloudy. Waves 1 to 2 feet.

Friday

Northwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Sunny. Waves 1 to 2 feet.

wave heights are for ice free areas.