Gino Recchia NBC26 Storm Shield Weather Forecast

Temperatures will cool off into the lower 20s tonight with a steady breeze out of the west around 10 to 15 mph. A few locations could get down into the teens if skies clear quicker overnight. Christmas Eve will likely be the best day of our next seven days. Skies will be mostly sunny with a light southwest breeze around 5 to 10 mph bringing temperatures back in the lower 30s. For those wonder if we will have a white Christmas, the potential still exists! A weak wave of snow is projected to move somewhere from Northern Illinois into Southern and Central Wisconsin. As it moves into Northeast Wisconsin, some data shows this band of snow falling apart leaving us with just flurries, others are showing it holding together and bring a dusting to an inch of snow to the area. Wednesday will be a quiet day with Partly Cloudy skies and temperatures in the lower 30s. Skies will increase in cloud cover ahead of our next storm system Wednesday Night. This storm will produce some heavy snowfall over the Central Plains and the Upper Midwest. At this time, it appears that precipitation will start off as snow north of the warm front Thursday morning but then as the front moves through, heading northwards towards the U.P., precipitation will turn over to rain during the day Thursday. Then as the storm moves out of the area Friday, and rain will turn back to snow. A few snow showers may linger into Saturday with temperatures plummeting into the lower 20s.