

Today, the Sahara Desert in northern Africa is the largest desert in the world. However, climate change can take hundreds or even thousands of years. state of Hawaii, is also hot, but much more humid and rainy.

state of Nevada is generally dry and hot. For example, the city of Las Vegas in the U.S.

The av erage weather in a specific region, as well as its variations and extremes over many years, is called climate. Over many years, certain conditions become familiar weather in an area. It moves, and changes from hour to hour or day to day. For example, a snowstorm around Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, might eventually reach Chicago, Illinois, as it moves southeast through the U.S. Weather in your region will eventually affect the weather hundreds or thousands of kilometers away. The same happens with weather around the globe. But weather works like dropping a pebble in water-the ripples eventually affect water far away from where the pebble was dropped. We usually think of weather in terms of the state of the atmosphere in our own part of the world. The term “weather” refers to the temporary conditions of the atmosphere, the layer of air that surrounds the Earth. Severe weather, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards, can disrupt many people’s lives because of the destruction they cause. Day-to-day changes in weather can influence how we feel and the way we look at the world. A rainy day might make you think about visiting a museum or staying home to read. If you don’t have school and the weather looks sunny, you might visit the zoo or go on a picnic. Looking outside and listening to the day’s forecast helps you decide what clothes you will wear and maybe even what you will do throughout the day. Areas in and around Rhinelander, Wausaukee and Eagle River are expected to see 7 to 12 inches of snow and possibly a quarter to half inch of ice.įurther south and east from there, Wausau, Green Bay, Door County and the Fox Cities are forecast to get around an inch, with little ice accumulation expected.One of the first things you probably do every morning is look out the window to see what the weather is like. Well north of Milwaukee, it's expected that snow will move into most places starting Thursday night. Up North expected to see multiple rounds of snow Rain in these areas is also expected to range from 0.75 inches to 1.25 inches. In these areas, a litany of severe weather conditions are possible including quarter to golf ball size hail hail, damaging winds that could get above 70 mph, thunderstorms and possibly tornadoes. “The best chances for severe weather are across southwestern and south central Wisconsin generally in the area from La Crosse over towards Madison to Janesville tomorrow afternoon and into the evening,” said Wood. The southwest portion of the state is currently the most likely area to see severe weather but the south-central portion, including Madison and Janesville, should still be prepared according to Wood. The area from La Crosse to Madison and Janesville is more likely to see the worst of the storm The more severe effects of the system will be felt on Friday night, between 5 and 9 p.m., and are expected to bring thunderstorms, large hail and damaging winds. these storms will bring high winds and possibly large hail.

Again, the timing would probably be late - probably more late afternoon, evening for the Southeast Wisconsin Milwaukee area,” said national weather meteorologist JJ Wood.Īs the system moves in on Friday scattered thunderstorms are expected to start around 2 p.m. “It's still possible that some of these storms could move east and become severe even in Southeast Wisconsin. While Milwaukee is firmly in the path of the oncoming severe weather, experts at the National Weather Service say that the area is unlikely to bear the brunt of what the system is bringing, however, concern about severe weather has increased as the storm tracks closer to Milwaukee. Snow is unlikely, but still possible in the early hours of Saturday, as temperatures are expected to start trending more mildly going into next week. During the storm, the Milwaukee area will likely see between 0.75 inches to 1.25 inches of rain. Rain in the Milwaukee area is expected to start on Friday afternoon and continue into the early hours of Saturday. Milwaukee area likely to see severe weather Up north snow continues to make its way toward Green Bay and Appleton but is unlikely to make it to Milwaukee as temperatures continue to rise.Īs a sporadic weather event continues to move into Wisconsin here is what to know. Severe weather is expected to affect the southern part of the state into the weekend as the Milwaukee area prepares for the possibility of thunderstorms.
