and blustery northwest wind
Today, we officially have our 1st inch of snowfall across my hometown and much or Northern Illinois as a fairly slow-moving low-pressure system tracks along the Ohio River Valley throwing some moisture up and over the cold air setting up a deformation zone axis from Burlington, IA northeast to Milwaukee, WI. Snow started around 9:30 last night of the light-stuff, but occasionally you'd get a good moderate burst of snow here and there. The duration has been key with several hours of light snow falling allowing for accumulation on roads and grassy surfaces. Climatology, the 1st inch of snow is usually observed the first week of December across much of Northern Illinois so we are right on track this year according to the statistics. I snapped a few photos this morning before I made the trip back to Dekalb, IL after the holiday weekend. I felt like I was in a storm chase only chasing snow squalls on the 2-hour drive that turned into a 3 1/2 drive thanks to lots of poor soles not remembering how to drive in winter weather. Before I left home we had just around 3 inches and a few reports now of 5" inches of snow in Kewanee, IL. The snow is tapering off now in that area so I don't expect much of any additional accumulation there.
Well that's all for now...I did get out on campus in Dekalb, IL tonight for some more photography so I'll be updating with a "Part II" to this post shortly.
