MONROE - This weather week is shaping up as one to remember, or perhaps forget.
Fresh off a couple of snowstorms last week that brought about another foot of snow to some places in the region, more snow - and some dangerously bitter cold - is in the forecast this week.
Green and Lafayette counties are included in a Winter Weather Advisory until 6 a.m. Tuesday. Snow, gusty winds and cold temperatures are in the forecast for tonight into Tuesday morning. Snow, beginning Monday evening, is expected to accumulate 3 to 5 inches. The snow will be accompanied by wind gusts reaching 35 mph, causing blowing and drifting snow on the roads and wind chills reaching 20 to 30 degrees below zero.
There'll be little rest before the next snowfall, anticipated Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. That storm is expected to bring 5 to 6 inches of new snow, again with fairly strong winds.
And if that wasn't enough, it's going to be bone-chillingly cold. Nighttime lows will be below zero all week, reaching as low as 19 below zero on Thursday night. Thursday's high temperature is forecast to be 3 below zero.
Wisconsin emergency officials say people need to be on the lookout for frostbite and hypothermia during this week's cold snap.
Forecasts call for temperatures to sink into the single digits in the south and 10 to 15 below in the north starting Tuesday morning. Wind chills could range from 15 below to 40 below.
Wind chills of 20 below can cause frostbite in just 15 minutes. Anyone with loss of feeling and a white appearance in their extremities should get medical help.
People also should watch out for uncontrollable shivering, disorientation and drowsiness - all signs of hypothermia.
People also shouldn't exert themselves shoveling snow or pushing a car because cold weather puts an extra strain on the heart.
- The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Fresh off a couple of snowstorms last week that brought about another foot of snow to some places in the region, more snow - and some dangerously bitter cold - is in the forecast this week.
Green and Lafayette counties are included in a Winter Weather Advisory until 6 a.m. Tuesday. Snow, gusty winds and cold temperatures are in the forecast for tonight into Tuesday morning. Snow, beginning Monday evening, is expected to accumulate 3 to 5 inches. The snow will be accompanied by wind gusts reaching 35 mph, causing blowing and drifting snow on the roads and wind chills reaching 20 to 30 degrees below zero.
There'll be little rest before the next snowfall, anticipated Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. That storm is expected to bring 5 to 6 inches of new snow, again with fairly strong winds.
And if that wasn't enough, it's going to be bone-chillingly cold. Nighttime lows will be below zero all week, reaching as low as 19 below zero on Thursday night. Thursday's high temperature is forecast to be 3 below zero.
Wisconsin emergency officials say people need to be on the lookout for frostbite and hypothermia during this week's cold snap.
Forecasts call for temperatures to sink into the single digits in the south and 10 to 15 below in the north starting Tuesday morning. Wind chills could range from 15 below to 40 below.
Wind chills of 20 below can cause frostbite in just 15 minutes. Anyone with loss of feeling and a white appearance in their extremities should get medical help.
People also should watch out for uncontrollable shivering, disorientation and drowsiness - all signs of hypothermia.
People also shouldn't exert themselves shoveling snow or pushing a car because cold weather puts an extra strain on the heart.
- The Associated Press contributed to this story.