A wind advisory is in effect until 6 p.m. on Thursday. Once those winds calm down, expect a quiet Friday before the winter storm watch begins early Saturday. Under the current forecast, the snow could start falling in western Minnesota late Friday,

A wind advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 5:12 p.m. in effect until 9 p.m. The advisory is for Waukesha, Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties.