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Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

Pacific moisture will continue to bring locally heavy coastal/lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow to the West Coast and portions of the Intermountain West through Monday. A wintry mix will create hazardous travel across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Monday. Dry, gusty winds are resulting in elevated to critical fire weather in the south/central High Plains. Read More >

Widespread areas of moderate rain will move into the area Thursday afternoon & evening. Embedded heavy downpours will be possible. Widespread totals near 0.5" are expected areawide, with higher totals where heavy downpours focus. The rainfall could lead to some ponding of water on roads and localized river flooding potential.
Five Day Weather Outlook: Rain will spread back into southern WI on Thursday and move out Friday morning. Accumulating snow is possible Saturday.
2025 was slightly cooler, slightly wetter and less snowy than normal for Milwaukee.
2025 was slight warmer, drier and less snowy than normal in Madison