MILWAUKEE - A white Christmas Eve is turning into a wet Christmas in Milwaukee.

"Overnight, most of us saw that snow that fell," said Storm Team 4Caster Michael Fish about what you see as you look out this morning.

"Temperatures have been going up, and the warmer air has been going over our heads, but we still have around freezing temperatures at the surface. Nothing is falling heavily, but the rain that is falling in most spots is freezing as it hits the ground, so it's hitting that snow."

It's also hitting the roads you drive, which will make them not-so-enjoyable to traverse.

In fact, I-43 had to be shut down in Sheboygan County after a crash on Christmas Eve morning.

"(Precipitation is) hitting that cold roadway," said Fish.

"If the roads aren't salted well, you're going to run into real slippery conditions. Once you hit one or two of those patches of ice on the side streets - and the main highways in spots are a little bit dangerous as well - there's lots of slush out there, that could cause a hydroplane. The wind is so strong, if you're going north-south, take it easy, because it could blow your car off to the side. Some of the ice, you can't even see."

Don't fear, however, heavy levels of precipitation to drop on you throughout the early part of Christmas Eve.

"As you go throughout the day, temperatures will warm up. Nothing is going to fall heavily today. Be aware of the potential of light freezing rain and drizzle. As we go into the afternoon hours, then it mainly becomes rain."

Fish warns that it's heavy rain, enough to perhaps bring you to clean out storm drains of already-fallen snow.

If you're traveling west, you'll see it's a lot more of a white Christmas - a heavily white Christmas.

"The further west you head, the more snow you're going to see out of the storm system. If you have anyone traveling from far northwestern Wisconsin, western Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, that's not going to look very, very good at all. If you're traveling out west, keep updated on that forecast."

And if you're driving around here, you'll see roadways have a similar look to what you might see after a heavy summer rainfall - potential floods.

"Not serious flooding, but ponding on the roadways," warns Fish.

"Some of the rivers could rise and break some of the ice out there. We have a crust of frost in the earth that doesn't let the water go into the streams, into the roads, maybe even into your basement at times. It's not a serious flooding event, but we'll see localized flooding."