Winter Storm — Forest, Wisconsin

2024-03-24 to 2024-03-25 · Forest, Wisconsin

Event narrative

The highest snowfall totals across Forest County included 8.5 inches in Crandon and 6.2 inches near Argonne.

Wider weather episode

A strong low pressure system tracked across the central Plains Sunday (3/24) into Monday (3/25). Increasing warm air advection caused snow to develop during Sunday afternoon (3/24) into early Monday morning (3/25) along with gusty southeast winds of 30 to 35 mph, causing some blowing and drifting snow. Snowfall amounts were generally 8 to 12 inches across north-central and portions of central Wisconsin.

Some of the highest snowfall totals included 13.3 inches near Aniwa (Shawano Co.), 12.4 inches near Birnamwood (Shawano Co.), 12 inches in Antigo (Langlade Co.) as well as Tigerton (Shawano Co.), 11.6 inches in Weston (Marathon Co.), 11 inches in Wausau (Marathon Co.), 9.5 inches in Manitowish Waters (Vilas Co.), and 9 inches in Sayner (Vilas Co.), near Rhinelander (Oneida Co.), Goodnow (Oneida Co.), White Lake (Langlade Co.), as well as Moon (Marathon Co.).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1161598. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.