Wisconsin is back in the deep freeze, but forecasters say it will be warmer for New Year's Eve revelers. For now, though, the Badger State is shivering through its coldest temperatures of the season, thanks to clear skies and cold Canadian air blowing our way.
Wind-chill factors were still below zero Tuesday afternoon in the northern two thirds of Wisconsin. The actual temperature was still one-below at Manitowish Waters near the Upper Michigan border in Vilas County, and it was zero in Medford. The mercury was in the single digits and teens in most other parts of the state, with winds of up to 16-miles-an-hour which made it feel colder.
It was 23-below zero in Tomahawk at seven Tuesday morning, and it was minus-10 as far south as Marshfield. Rhinelander had the coldest wind-chill at seven o'clock with 33-below. Wind chills in southern Wisconsin were in the minus-single digits and teens.
For New Year's Eve, party-goers can expect lows in the single digits and teens going into 2015. Light snow is possible on Thursday night, with a larger storm possible during the weekend. The National Weather Service has issued wind chill advisories from this evening until about mid-morning Wednesday for all but the southern third of the Badger State. Wind-chills could get down to 30-below in places with the advisories.
