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Emmy award-winning Chief Meteorologist for @SpectrumNews1WI. AMS Certified. @UWMadison grad 🦡 Marathoner 🏃🏻 Corgi enthusiast 🍞 Love all things Wisconsin 🧀

Milwaukee, WI
Joined March 2012
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Alex Kirchner retweeted
12:30pm 1/19: The northern lights may make an appearance tonight across the region. Skies look to clear out through the night and should result if favorable viewing of the #aurora if the geomagnetic storm arrives overnight. #mnwx #wiwx #iawx
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Wind Chill reports from this morning are in:
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Continue to be very careful, or avoid traveling until Sunday afternoon. Many roads are partially or completely covered with snow. That will continue into tonight, especially across southern Wisconsin, where 1"/hour snowfall rates are possible. #wiwx
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Alright Wisconsin. Gas up the snowblowers today! Another storm is on the way! This one looks to go through all of Saturday and into Sunday morning. Details here: spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwauk…
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The next significant winter storm is on the horizon for portions of the Northern Plains through the Midwest and Great Lakes beginning Friday through the weekend. Stay tuned for the latest updates from WPC and your local National Weather Service offices over the coming days.
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Alex Kirchner retweeted
Temperatures across northeast WI will fall below freezing this afternoon. Meanwhile, a band of heavier snow showers will move southeast across the area, bringing a period of low visibilities around 1/2 mile or less and snowfall rates 1" per hour. Expected hazardous travel! #wiwx
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Very windy, minor accumulating and blowing snow into the afternoon. Use caution if traveling given the strong winds, wet roads, and reduced visibility. #wiwx
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Hawthorne and Hurley in northern Wisconsin have already picked up 14" of snow so far today! ❄️☃️ #wiwx
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Wednesday's snow and wind will make for rough (if not dangerous) travel depending on where you are headed. Northern Wisconsin will see several inches if not FEET of snowfall. Please be careful traveling (if not avoiding it!)! Get the rundown here: spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwauk…
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Winter is the season that has changed the most in Wisconsin over the years – that's especially clear when looking at winter temperatures! #wiwx
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Alex Kirchner retweeted
Snow has spread & become more intense at times in portions of central & east-central WI early this aftn. Winter Weather Advisory: Now in effect until 3 PM & includes portions of east-central WI. Additional snow: 1-2" in the advisory area. Use caution on the roads this aftn! #wiwx
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Now that we got our first taste of winter weather...do you have any questions about the upcoming season? Drop a comment below and we'll answer your questions during our special report coming up in a couple weeks!
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First snowflakes of the season! This is the view in Beloit #wiwx
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Here comes winter! ❄️ Rain ➡️ snow in southern WI tonight. Totals <1”, mainly stick to the grass. Watch for slick spots on bridges/overpasses tonight/tomorrow morning ☃️ Lake effect snow along Lake Superior. Watch out for a few inches of snow and slick roads in far northwest WI.
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🥶 All areas see bitter wind chills and blustery winds Sunday into Monday, with some flurries thrown in for good measure. #wiwx Back to fall by midweek, so it’s only a preview of winter! 🍂
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A moment of silence for Phil Dzick ❤️
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If you need to, bring the pots and planters in tonight! It’ll be a chilly one, with Freeze Warnings where we haven’t had a hard freeze yet this fall. Friday will be off to a cold start too of course! #wiwx
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RIP Phil. Have many fond memories of him hyping up the hockey crowd.
It's with heavy hearts we pass along news that 'Phil' (Class of 1969) has passed away at the age of 81 🙏 He and his family will forever be a part of Badger hockey lore 1, 2, 3, 4, we want more
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Alex Kirchner retweeted
MORE MAGIC IS ON THE WAY #MagicBrew
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