Winter Weather — Washburn, Wisconsin

2023-12-17 · Washburn, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Snow Squall. A webcam at the intersection of US 53 and US 63 in Trego showed no snow on roads before a brief period of very low visibility followed by snow covered roads indicative of the passage of a snow squall.

Wider weather episode

Snow squalls impacted portions of northwestern Wisconsin on December 17, 2022, as a quick moving cold front moved across the Northland during the evening hours. A few squalls brought heavy snow and very low visibilities that were very brief but impactful to areas along the US2 and US53 corridors.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1151095. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.