This Is Icky

It's been a while since my last post, but last week was pretty much the same thing repeating over and over due to the aforementioned Alberta Clippers.  However things started picking up today and became quite interesting -a bit too interesting if you're the lucky one that gets to drive halfway across the state traveling at 30mph on the freeway passing a dozen cars in the ditch...  

Anyways, as you can see here there's a pretty intense low pressure area moving its way through Wisconsin creating some pretty unfortunately timed rain/snow/sleet that makes driving through it for 5 hours a ton of fun.  

Check it.  Bleak.

But the party's not over because the system is still getting shoved around and we're about to get a "wintery mix" moving into snow to go on top of all the rain we've gotten.  So if you're going to be out and about anytime soon, be careful kids because I imagine it's going to get a bit (more) slippery out there.

Here's a screenshot of the direction and intensity of the wind so we can see how the wintery mix system from the west will swing down and back up and get us from the south.  At the moment it is 35°F with a south/southwest wind at 8mph with a dew point at 33°F.