STORM SUMMARY 12-31-2013 & 1-1&1-2- 2014

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STORM SUMMARY 12-31-2013 & 1-1&1-2- 2014

A long duration event was forecast and this did occur over the 3 days. The first batch of snow began 1-2pm Rockford and 204 pm Chicago. The steadiest and heaviest snowfall was from just of I90 northward to the IL/WI border. This area of snow ended during the evening hours especially south of North Ave where amounts were mostly under an inch. The area ended for the north burbs by 1am. Amounts across McHenry and Lake Counties averaged 3-6 inches with this first area of snow while along the the I90 corridor from about Elgin to ORD the amounts were in
the 2-4 range. There was a pause in the activity overnight before more snow again spread over areas mainly north of I88 between 6-8am. Snowfall did not get down into Will, Kendall and southern Cook Counties until around 2-3 in the afternoon on the 1st. We started seeing some lake enhancement of the snow mid to late afternoon over Lake and parts of Cook County. Snowfall intensities became rather light all areas after 8-10pm. Snow began increasing in intensity once again between 8-10am as the lake effect began to kick in in force. The lake effect activity actually produced .1 of snow in Rockford on the 2nd. The lake effect totals were quite variable from one location to another which is why you see some wide disparities Additional snow amounts were generally very light west of Rte 59 on the 2nd while east of rte 59, the amounts were much more substantial but not uniform. Some areas in Cook, eastern DuPage and Will Counties received the bulk of their accumulation from this lake effect. The finally diminished between 2-4:30pm on the 2nd. Ord received 3.0 inches on the 31st, 2.1 inches on the 1st and 5.8 inches on the 2nd for a total of 10.9 inches. Rockford had 3.4 on the 31st, 3.2 on the 1st and.1 on the 2nd for a total of 6.7”. Romeoville had 1.1 on the 31st, 2.4 on the 1st and 6.3 on the 2nd for a total of 9.8 inches.

3 DAY STORM TOTALS

ORD 10.9
RFD 6.7
ROMEOVILLE 9.8
GURNEE 18.8
MUNDELEIN 18.2
Streamwood 13,0
Palatine 15.0
Crest Hill 6.1
Naperville 8.5
Downers Grove 13.0
Buffalo Grove 15.2
MDW 12.3
15.2 Libertyville 14.1
Northbrook 9.8
Oak Brook 10.8
Elk Grove Vlg 14.8
Beach Park 12.9
Morton grove 13.8
Homewood 10.4
Oak Forest 8.8
Oak Lawn 9.3
Berwyn 10.8
Cary 11.8
Midlothian 8.5
Evanston 13.0
Schaumburg 13.3
Lincolnwood 15.0
Lisle 7.3
Wheaton 7.5
Lombard 12.0
Batavia 6.7
Elburn 7.5
Bonfield 4.5
Riverwoods 13.8
Highwood 15.1
Beach Park 16.4
Winfield 9.1
DeKalb 7.7
Peotone 5.6
Joliet 5.8
Lake Zurich 15.5
Inverness 14.9
Arlington Hts 14.1
Park Ridge 13.8
Elmhurst 13.1
Lake Villa 12.4
Oak Park 11.5
Lake Forest 11.2
Winnetka 11.3
Genoa 10.4
Countryside 10.3
Botanic Gardens 10.3
Barrington 10.3
Roselle 10.0
Westmont 9.6
Fox Lake Hills 9.4
Hoffman Estates 9.4
Lockport 9.3
St Charles 9.2
Elgin 9.1
Carol Stream 8.6
Bull Valley 8.8
Chicago Ridge 8.5
Geneva 7.6
Plainfield 7.5
North Aurora 7.4
Batavia 7.1
Worth 7.0
Hebron 7.0
Homer Glen 6.7
Aurora 6.5
New Lenox 6.3