Friday, January 13, 2012

Weather Roundup for January 12, 2012

Series of Radar from 1/12/12




If you recall, Wednesday had nothing but sunny skies and mid 50° weather. But like the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end.” For most of us, we were ecstatic to finally get some measurable snow. The setup was quite different, in that we banked off another storm for moisture. The low pressure system that moved up along the East Coast provided sufficient moisture from the Alberta Clipper system that we received. With our forecast of four to eight inches, it seemed almost probable that most locations would get the high end amount from this storm. It was all day Wednesday that we watched as the weather system from Canada slowly moved through the upper Midwest. By early morning Thursday, this system entered Illinois. It was not until around 7 AM that snow reached the western suburbs of Chicago.  Snow continued throughout the entirety of the day into the overnight hours. And after almost 11 months, it was nice to finally drop the blade.


Here are the snow totals from this storm:



~Meteorologist Heather Brinkmann