UPDATE: Winter Storm Saturn Loses Its Bite
A third storm in as many weeks is proving to be difficult to forecast, and has been downgraded from a Winter Storm Warning to a Winter Weather Advisory in some parts; find out if your community will have less to shovel
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This has been updated to reflect the downgrade of forecast in certain counties as of March 4, 3 p.m.
According to Patch's media partners at WISN 12 News, the National Weather Service has now issued a Winter Weather Advisory for parts of southeastern Wisconsin from 6 a.m. Tuesday through midnight Tuesday. Milwaukee, Waukesha, and portions of Dodge County have been taken off of the Winter Storm Warning issued earlier, and Ozaukee County has been dropped altogether.
However, Racine, Kenosha, Jefferson and Dodge County residents remain under the warning, with 4-8 inches forecast.
If this sounds familiar, this is the third storm in as many weeks to barrel through the area during a winter that started off relatively warm and rainy. For those keeping track, this one is called is Winter Storm Saturn.
Earlier reports predicted as much as 6-9 inches of snow over much of the southern third of the state, however the storm's track has moved further south, meaning the inch totals for those counties under the advisory have also taken a dip to 3-5 inches. Very light snow will to fall Monday night, with light to moderate snow developing by Tuesday morning, according to Weather Watch 12.
Saturn was also expected to feature lake-enhanced snow, bringing a higher potential for heavy snow totals along Lake Michigan, but as the storm has changed track, those concerns have also lessened..
Brisk northeast winds will develop by Tuesday afternoon however, and will also cause blowing and drifting snow into Tuesday night.
Bob McBride
9:06 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Why Saturn? Why not Uranus?
Scandihovian Lady
9:09 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Why are you names Bob and not Tom??? Sorry, couldn't resist! :-)
Scandihovian Lady
9:11 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
OK, *named not names
sally
9:32 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Are there any trees in Uranus, or are they cars in Uranus? Burning questions? lol
TOM
9:43 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
CUZ YOU WILL BE UP TO YUR ANUS IN SNOW
Thin Blue Line
1:55 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Wow, I remember in 3rd grade when that joke was funny.
Scandihovian Lady
9:08 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!
The Warrior
3:09 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
Why so angry SUM pal?
Militant Duck
9:31 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Ooooohhhh, First it was killer storm "Q" and now it is killer storm "Saturn". Apparently the liberals are trying to scare everyone into thinking the world is coming to an end. I can't wait until this summer when it gets a little warm to see what they will start calling those.
Chaos78
2:23 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
How does frozen water make a winter storm "liberal"?
Craig
3:23 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
Chaos: Simple answer? Contains no brains or work ethic.
Susan Olson
5:07 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
Does politics have to be brought into every conversation, it's over..move on and get over it! It's so boring to keep getting these comments.
Fred Fischer
9:42 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
I'm going to make best of this weather and play NBA 2k13 all day Tuesday.
Matt
11:03 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Tuesday is going to be all about MLB 13 the Show :)
michelle
10:04 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Let it snow
Greg
10:55 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
#%@$&!!!
Thin Blue Line
1:56 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
I think a better "S" name would have been Sussuido
Chaos78
2:24 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
So after all this snow are we still in a drought?
Denise Konkol
5:44 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Actually, this winter has been called a drought buster. Between the 6 inches of rain and the 30+ inches of snow, we'll be swatting mosquitos in no time!
Heather Asiyanbi
11:32 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
@Denise - that's good news about the drought! I'm also hoping that with our more normal winter, we'll not have such a horrendously hot summer.
Joe Todor
3:49 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Global warming
Bob McBride
6:30 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
"Current predictions have the storm dumping totals of 6-0 inches over much of the southern third of the state, beginning Monday night."
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I'm going to assume that's supposed to be 6-10 inches.
Better late than never. Last year, right around this time, my wife's company was beginning to send out crews to start spring cleanups due to the unusually moderate, spring-like weather.
Joe, it's "climate change" now (for obvious reasons). Time to get up to speed.
Lori
7:12 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Hit the panic button,we're getting snow
TOM
7:46 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Somebody needs to take the Groundhog to the eye doctor
Heather Asiyanbi
7:47 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
A reader over on the Mount Pleasant Patch Facebook page coined a new term: Snowquestration!
I think it's got a snappy ring to it!
Luke
7:56 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Snowverblown.
Heather Asiyanbi
11:32 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
@Luke - another good one!
NObama 2012
8:43 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Cold, bitter, icy, chilly, cutting, slippery, hazy, nasty, ugly…sounds like snow storm Obama to me.
Craig
9:56 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Good thing mother nature is not a believer in socialism.
We all would get the same amount of snowfall.
There would be no incentive to clean it up, and those who did work hard shoveling the snow and injured their back would have to wait 14 months for an MRI to confirm a herniated disc.
FL Born
10:17 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
Shouldn't Dr.Tharp call off school now so the the Teachers and Students can plan to sleep in?
Greg in OC
1:39 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
That's it! No more comment reading on Patch. I'm sick of the right turning everything into a political event, even a benign snowstorm. Maybe it is time for the Patch to ban political comments!
Greg
1:47 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
Or snowstorms.
Steve ®
2:05 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
Is banning the only thing liberals know how to "solve" their issues?
NObama 2012
2:13 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
@Greg OC, everything is Obama, he wants it that way. EVERYTHING is Obama. The sooner you realize that the better off you will be. The weather, the market, health care, food, race relations, pesticides ect its ALL Obama. Every story on Patch has a direct connection to Obama. I will bring Obama into every post I submit. Obama is in your bedroom, Doctor’s office and workplace, EVERYTHING is Obama.
Craig
3:28 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
I find it funny we can fly a space probe through Saturn's rings, and can't predict the snowfall amount accurately 1 day before the storm hits.
Miserylovescompanyonpatch
6:29 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
Wow there are pathetic, miserable people here. Get help!
Chaos78
1:53 am on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
It is amazing how a snow storm (?) can really spark this kind of real political debate!