Easter Sunday Snow Storm

A Late Season Winter Storm Brings Significant Snowfall Accumulations To Northern Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Twenty-four hour snowfall image from April 13, 2020. Image made locally at NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan

Introduction

RGB satellite imagery highlighting a band of heavy snow falling (red coloration) falling across the Upper Midwest on April 12, 2020. — RGB satellite imagery highlighting a stripe of heavy snow falling across the Upper Midwest on April 12, 2020. Snow band is highlighted in red coloration.

A late season storm system brought a swath of significant snow to western into north-central Wisconsin on Easter Sunday, April 12th, 2020. Snow fell heavily at times, with even a few lightning strikes noted, while farther east much of the precipitation was initially in the form of rain before changing to wet snow during the late afternoon and evening hours. Snowfall totals ranged from 1 to as much as 10 inches, with significant travel disruption noted across the region. Visible satellite showed the band of heavy snow after skies cleared out in the wake of the storm. The white coloring from northern Wisconsin back into southern Minnesota shows where this heavy snow occurred. At right is a similar image, but using the infrared band.

Easter Sunday Snow Storm

Introduction

Snow Accumulations