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Storm headed toward Green Bay could dump 8-10 inches Saturday ahead of Packers playoff game
The snow will continue overnight moving out by Sunday. Strong 30 to 40 mph winds will also bring another possible round of ice shoves and flooding Saturday.
www.greenbaypressgazette.com
GREEN BAY - As we inch toward the Packers-Seahawks playoff game Sunday, a potential winter storm also inches closer to us.
The Seattle Seahawks will take on the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field at 5:40 p.m. Sunday, but fans may have to contend with gusty winds and up to 10 inches of fresh snow. Hundreds of fans will be needed to shovel out the stadium, too.
A potential winter storm is shaping up to arrive in the region Saturday night with the heaviest snowfall over Green Bay and other parts of eastern Wisconsin.
The snow will continue overnight, moving out by Sunday. Strong 30 to 40 mph winds will also bring another possible round of ice shoves and flooding Saturday.
The direction of the storm is still unclear, so forecasts of snow amounts could change.
"The storm is still getting its act together, so we need to wait until it's showing consistency and have a better confidence level for the eastern third of Wisconsin," said Tasos Kallas, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Ashwaubenon.
As of 3 p.m. Thursday, though, northeast Wisconsin was estimated to get around 8 to 10 inches beginning early Saturday afternoon, said Roy Eckberg, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service office in Ashwaubenon, near Lambeau Field. The snow is expected to taper off by sunrise Sunday.
Strong winds and lingering freezing drizzle also make blowing snow, more ice shoves, and lakeshore flooding possible throughout the weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch from 3 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday for Door, Waupaca, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee, Waushara, Winnebago, Calumet, Manitowoc and southern Oconto counties.
Shovel out Lambeau
The Packers are calling for 700 shovelers to start at 6 a.m. — the first ever such request for the same day as a game, team officials said. The team has paid community members to shovel at least twice earlier this season, but it was before game day.
Folks coming to Green Bay Saturday night will be driving through a snowstorm if they're passing through Milwaukee.
Starting Friday evening, freezing rain and snow are possible from Janesville to Milwaukee. Then the snowstorm will move into southern Wisconsin Saturday night.
Temperatures for the game are still expected to be in the mid-20s, so people may not need to worry about a repeat Ice Bowl just yet.
The Packers' coldest home game on record was minus 13 degrees on Dec. 31, 1967, when they beat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17.
The second coldest game at Lambeau was Jan. 20, 2008, when Green Bay lost to the New York Giants in the NFC championship game, 23-20. It was minus-1 at game time.
In their last home playoff game, a wildcard win over the Giants on Jan. 8, 2017, the temperature was 14 degrees.
