First Alert Weather: Snow showers arrive on Tuesday

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The next weather maker arrives mid-morning into the early afternoon on Tuesday. A weak weather system will bring the chance of some light snow. A few slippery spots are possible on your Tuesday.

Snow showers moving north Tuesday afternoon.(WSAW)

Snow showers moving north Tuesday afternoon into the evening.(WSAW)

There will be lingering snow showers in the Northwoods Tuesday evening, then as low pressure and a cold front drive east early Wednesday morning, a round of snow is expected to impact most of the area from after midnight to around daybreak Wednesday, primarily from Highway 10 on north. To the south, rain showers are anticipated. Snowfall of 1-2″ is possible from Wausau on north, with locally higher amounts of 3″ in parts of the Northwoods. A coating to 1″ is possible south of Wausau to Marshfield and Stevens Point. After the precipitation winds down Wednesday morning, mostly cloudy with afternoon readings rising into the low to mid 40s.

Snow for most locations late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.(WSAW)

Snow moving through early Wednesday morning.(WSAW)

The next weather maker is a bit more uncertain on track and impacts locally. Between the GFS American model and European models, the result is either a band of snow or a wintry mix impacting the southern half of the area later Wednesday night into the day Thursday on the GFS, or rain, mixed with a bit of snow Wednesday night into Thursday morning in the southern third of the area. The amount of snow is anticipated to be minor in either case but still would lead to some messy conditions Thursday morning in the south. We will continue to monitor this next round of precipitation for later in the week.

Snow or a wintry mix possible south on Thursday morning, according to the GFS model.(WSAW)

By Friday, some sunshine returns with highs around 40. The next chance of snow could be Friday night into Saturday morning. Not all the long-range models are showing this outcome, but there is the potential that accumulating snow could fall in at least Central Wisconsin. We will monitor this in the days ahead.