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Chicagoland Snow Totals 1/17-18/11

Jan 16, 2011
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STORM SUMMARY 1-17&18-11

LIGHT SNOW SPREAD INTO THE ROCKFORD AREA 4-5AM AND THE SNOW CONTINUED TO ADVANCE INTO THE CHICAGO AREA BETWEEN 7-9AM ON 1-17. SNOW FELL IN VARYING INTENSITIES INTO THE AFTERNOON (HEAVIEST NORTH AND WEST BURBS AND BACK THROUGH ROCKFORD). SNOW CHANGED TO RAIN 2-4PM FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WHICH LED TO SOME THIN GLAZING DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY NIGHT HOURS. PRECIPITATION THEN ALTERNATED BETWEEN DRIZZLE, FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGH SNOW UNTIL 2-4AM ON THE 18TH BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES. THIS ACTIVITY DIMINISHED BY 10AM MOST AREAS. ADDITIONAL FLURRIES DEVELOPED LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG WITH SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE. THIS AGAIN SLICKENED UP SURFACES. FLURRIES THEN OCCURRED OFF AND ON INTO THE 19TH. THIS SYSTEM RESULTED IN A LONG DURATION EVENT WHICH MOVED THROUGH IN MULTIPLE PIECES RESULTING IN PLOWING AND MANY APLICATIONS OF SALT DURING BOTH 1-17 AND 1-18. SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE QUITE VARIABLE FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT. THE STORM TOTALS FOR BOTH EVENTS AT ORD WAS 1.2” & RFD 4.2”

SNOW TOTALS:

ORD 1.2
RFD 4.2
PALATINE 4
BARRINGTON 2.1
Botanic Gardens 1
MDW .4
DKB 3.2
ELBURN 4
ELGIN 2.4
HARVARD 5
MENDOTA 1.5
MUNDELEIN 3.1
NEWARK .3
OAK BROOK 1.1
OTTAWA .5
PARK FOREST T
PERU ./8
PLAINFIELD .6
ST. CHARLES 3.5
STREAMWOOD 1.7
WOODTOCK 6
YORKVILLE 1
BATAVIA 1.4
COAL CITY.2
JOLIET .5
LAKE ZURICH 2.5
WAUCONDA 2
WINFIELD 2.5
Carol Stream 2.5
Downers Grove 1
Elk Grove Vlg 1.1
North Aurora 1.2
Waukegan 1.5
Beach Park 3.7
Lincolnshire 2.2
Riverwoods 1.4
La Grange Park .6
Wonder Lake 4.5
New Lenox .3
Algonquin 2.4
Bridgeview T
Homer Glen .1
Hoffman Estates 3.6
Oak Park .5
Chicago Ridge T
Bartlett 2
Carbon Hill .2
Montgomery .5
Geneva 2.6
Inverness 2.2
Aurora 1
Cortland 1.5
Westmont .3
Huntley 2.5
Gurnee 3.5
Lake Villa 4.5
Lincolnwood .2
Burr Ridge .5
Orland Hills T
Naperville 1.2
Oswego .5
Hawthorn Woods 3.7
Roselle 2
Lisle 1.2
Marseilles 1.5
Buffalo Grove 3.2
Worth T
Lemont 1
Woodridge 1
Wheaton 1.5
Bolingbrook .5