Milwaukee snow forecast fades as shifting winds push flurries away
Milwaukee's chance for snow this week has melted away. Earlier this week, the forecast included a chance of rain and snow Thursday night and snow Friday morning. Now, rain is expected Thursday night, while Friday should be mostly sunny. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news for people that were looking for the first accumulating snow of the season," said Andrew Quigley, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan. Shifting winds have pushed the lake-effect snow band that could have brought flurries to the Milwaukee area toward Chicago and Indiana. These sorts of lake-effect snow systems are easily affected by a change in wind direction, Quigley said. More: What is lake-effect snow and why does Milwaukee rarely see it? If the rain sticks around Wednesday night and temperatures fall far enough after the sun sets, there's a chance for a few flurries in the air, Quigley said, but even if that happens, it wouldn't be much snow. If a few snowflakes do fall, people along the Lake Michigan shoreline aren't likely to see it happen, he said. Lake Michigan is warmer than the land air mass, so that will keep temperatures a little higher. Quigley said
