Wisconsin
Bitterly Cold Temperatures Continue for Southern Wisconsin
- A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect until noon today
- Additional periods of 10 to 20 below zero wind chills likely
- An overall dry weather pattern in the week ahead
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – A broad area of high pressure over the Upper Mississippi Valley has produced mostly clear skies, light northwest winds, and dangerously cold conditions across southern Wisconsin this morning. Overnight radiational cooling has dropped temperatures into the teens below zero, and wind chills are ranging from -20 to -30.
A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect until noon today for much of southern Wisconsin. Conditions will slowly improve late this morning, but cold and dry weather will persist through the day.
What’s Coming Up…
Late tonight and into Sunday morning, there is a chance that a lake-effect band of snow could move west toward southeastern Wisconsin. If it reaches shore, it may bring accumulating snow and higher snowfall rates, mainly from Milwaukee southward, though confidence remains low. A separate system passing to the south could also produce light snow or flurries south of I-94 and US-18 on Sunday, but little to no accumulation is expected. Otherwise, Sunday will remain dry and cold, with wind chills between -10 and -20 Sunday night and a growing chance for wind chills below -20 by early Monday morning. Additional cold weather headlines may be needed.
Looking Ahead…
Looking ahead, things will remain quiet and largely uneventful as an upper-level trough dominates the eastern CONUS and high pressure systems move through the Plains and Great Lakes. This pattern favors weak surface flow, continued cold and dry air, and limited lift aloft, making precipitation difficult to produce. A weak cold front will pass through on Tuesday, bringing the chance for a few flurries.
Temperatures will gradually moderate through the week, with highs in the single digits Monday rising into the teens by midweek, and indications of highs reaching the 20s beyond the seven-day forecast.
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A 9-year-old child died Tuesday evening after drowning in a western Wisconsin water park.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says first responders were called to the Campfire Cove Aqua Park in Rural Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, around 8:15 p.m.
Though they attempted lifesaving measures, the child died at the scene.
The incident is under investigation, the sheriff’s office says.
A missing Wisconsin teen was found safe after mysteriously vanishing from home four years ago as her family had believed she was “lured away.”
Joniah Walker, 19, was safely discovered on May 25, the Milwaukee Police Department told WISN on Tuesday.
Police officials didn’t disclose where Walker was found or provide any further information on the case, including whether the teen was with someone else.
Walker, then 15, had disappeared from her Milwaukee home on June 23, 2022.
Walker’s mother, Tanesha Howard, said she last saw her daughter lying in bed when she left for work the morning of her disappearance, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
“Joniah was lying in bed because she had just finished school. I went in to give her a hug before leaving for work,” Howard told the organization.
The mother and daughter duo had talked on the phone several times throughout the day before Walker “suddenly stopped responding.”
Walker was supposed to meet her father to apply for a summer work permit but failed to arrive at the designated time.
“He called me and said that Joniah wasn’t picking up her phone,” Howard said. “That is when I immediately knew something was wrong. I left work right away.”
A nearby ring camera captured Walker leaving the apartment complex at around 2:30 p.m. in the Brewer’s Hill neighborhood, a mile-and-a-half north of Downtown Milwaukee.
Video footage showed the teen carrying a large green backpack.
It was the last known sighting of Walker until she was reportedly found last month.
Howard believed her daughter had met someone online after she deleted her digital footprint and never returned.
“Somebody stole her…that was my first instinct,” Howard said. “But when I saw that she left with a big backpack that I had never seen, that’s when I knew. I was like, someone lured her away.”
The protective mother issued multiple pleas for her daughter to come home, begging Walker to “call me,” WISN reported in July 2022.
“She is my youngest daughter, so I always call her by ‘baby girl’ because that is exactly who she is, my baby girl,” she said. “She is what I would describe as a perfect daughter. She is angelic, soft spoken and very intelligent.”
Walker was one of the faces of a legislative push by Wisconsin State Rep. Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) seeking to pass a bill to create a Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls Task Force, according to Fox6 Now.
Stubbs says she believed Walker was still alive, telling Howard to hold out hope for her daughter’s return.
“I believed Joniah was still living, and I said that to her – I don’t believe Joniah is dead, it’s only a matter of time,” Stubbs told the outlet.
“I think right now, the family needs their privacy,” Stubbs added. “I know there are so many questions, but I think as time goes by when they are ready to tell their story, they will tell it.”
Wisconsin’s sports teams will have a fitting jersey patch on their uniforms this year.
The Badgers unveiled a Culver’s uniform patch in a new video on Tuesday.
The fast food restaurant, known for its ButterBurgers and Frozen Custard, was founded in Wisconsin and is beloved by those in the state. Now, Culver’s has partnered up with the state’s flagship university.
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