Smoke is still lingering over much of Wisconsin this morning. As southerly winds pick up this morning, smoke will continue to disperse, allowing air quality to improve. An Air Quality Alert continues through noon.
WATCH: Find out when the smoke clears out and storms move in
Smoke clearing; tracking strong to severe storms
Meanwhile, a complex of storms is ongoing over the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin. Although this cluster of storms is expected to lose strength as it pushes east, Storm Team 4 is monitoring radar trends. This first round of storms will be the first puzzle piece in today’s storm chances. The Storm Prediction Center has placed almost all of southeastern Wisconsin under an Enhanced Risk (Level 3 of 5) for severe weather.
The most likely scenario is an outflow boundary rushing out from these storms later this morning. Those boundaries would be the focus for any isolated storm development late this morning into the afternoon. The best chance for these storms will be far west of Milwaukee…