The coming week will be full of active weather

  • Rain showers returned again on Sunday evening
  • The coldest wind came on Monday night and the temperature dropped to the teens.
  • There is a possibility of several rounds of rain from Tuesday night till the weekend

Madison, Wis. (WMTV) – Happy Easter!! It turned out to be a really beautiful day, and we would enjoy dry conditions for the next few hours. Rain showers have resumed this evening as a weather system moves through central Wisconsin. As temperatures drop tonight, a few snow flakes may be mixed in with the rain. Overnight lows will settle into the low to mid 30s.

Conditions will become dry after sunrise on Monday, with rain-free weather continuing through the first half of the afternoon. Another system active over the Great Lakes makes scattered snow possible Monday afternoon into evening. Evening travel time, combined with the cooler air overhead, can cause a slight reduction in visibility. The nature of these snow showers will be hit-and-miss, with conditions potentially changing rapidly over short distances. The maximum temperature on Monday will reach only mid 30s to mid 40s.

The coldest air of the week arrives Monday night into Tuesday morning. As skies clear and high pressure moves into the region, low temperatures will drop from the teens to the 20s. Temperatures will begin to rise again Tuesday afternoon as the winds shift and warm air begins to return to southern Wisconsin.

The wet weather has returned…

The next round of precipitation arrives Tuesday night as moisture increases ahead of the incoming weather system. It will start out as a mix of rain and snow and turn to all-over rain by Wednesday morning as warm air arrives. Rain will continue Wednesday as a cold front approaches and crosses southern Wisconsin. If enough instability develops, a few storms with rain could develop Wednesday afternoon.

looking ahead…

Intermittent and scattered rain continues across the region from Thursday to Friday. As the boundary moves north and moisture moves deeper into the Upper Mississippi Valley, the chance for precipitation increases again over the weekend. The rain is expected to continue into early next week.

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