TODAY'S TMJ4 WEATHER PLUS; Growing season likely to hit sudden end

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | October 10, 2006| | Copyright

Time sure flies when the weather is so erratic, with one sunny and mild period followed by another cool and wet spell in the Milwaukee area. After a few great weekend days, the temperatures are going back down. We will most likely experience the first high temperatures in the 40s since early May and the first freezing temperature since April 9, when the low temperature dropped to 31 degrees. The coldest air rolls in Wednesday night through Friday morning, and we could see a few snowflakes along with the colder temperatures by Thursday morning.

An intense storm system with strong winds and ...

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