By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewater banner@gmail.com

The National Weather Service Sullivan/Milwaukee Weather Forecast Office (NWS) has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 5 p.m. Saturday until 3 a.m. on Sunday. A minor amount of snow is expected, but wind gusts as high as 30 mph will cause blowing and drifting.

Bitter cold will be following the unusually high snow event which the NWS says brought Whitewater an estimated 9.6″ between Friday morning and Saturday, though many residents will probably maintain that we got more than that; it seems that 15″ may be more accurate. (Feel free to leave your measurement on our Facebook page.) A Wind Chill Advisory is effective on Sunday from 3 a.m. until noon. Low temperatures for the next several days will be below zero, with wind chills as extreme as -20 to -30F.

In response to a question about when this weather pattern will change, NWS said, “There is hope that it could change in about a week and a half.”