Up To 8 Inches Snow Predicted Late Thursday

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for late Thursday and into Friday as a band of heavy snow moves into our area.

According to the National Weather Service, a narrow band of heavy snow is likely across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, with the heaviest amounts toward northern Illinois.

The snow will likely begin on Thursday evening, increasing in intensity after midnight, and tailing off Friday morning and perhaps into the early afternoon.

Weather officials say the current forecast shows a sharp gradient in snowfall totals from less than 1 inch near Sheboygan to nearly 6 inches along the state line to nearly 8 inches in Chicago.

Given the sharp gradient, small changes in the storm track would result in drastically different snowfall amounts for a given location. This uncertainty shows up well by comparing the low end amount and high end amount images shown below. Think of these images as the goal posts of this event.

Along the state line, snowfall amounts will range from 1 inches to 8 inches: that's quite a range and reflects an uncertain forecast. Even with that uncertainty, we're confident that there will he a band of heavy snow, it's just tough to nail down exactly where at this point.

Image Via National Weather Service