WEATHER

Freezing drizzle could affect roads in southeastern Wisconsin; winter weather advisory issued

Meg Jones
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Snow falls on West Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee in November as a mix of sleet and snow hit the area.

Freezing drizzle could make driving tonight a bit tricky.

The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory at 3:30 p.m. to last until midnight as freezing drizzle moves into the area. It's expected to reach Milwaukee County between 5 and 6:30 p.m. and end around midnight.

Temperatures are dropping, which increases the possibility that roads already wet from precipitation that fell earlier today could get icy. Roads in Dodge and Jefferson counties have already gotten slick this afternoon.

The temperature in Milwaukee at 3:30 was 30 degrees but was expected to drop a few degrees later in the evening, said Tim Halbach, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Sullivan.

"Drizzle is one of the harder things for us to pick up on because it's such a subtle thing," Halbach said. On "radar, we typically don't see it until it's pretty close to us. When it comes to forecasting, it's a shallow layer of clouds that produces it."

Counties in the winter weather advisory are Milwaukee, Waukesha, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Dodge, Washington, Ozaukee, Jefferson, Walworth, Racine and Kenosha.