Overnight Snow...Not So Much

 It's never fun to admit when you might be off a little, but the snow that fell last night was on the very low end of what the initial forecasts called for.  Just as Ty Shesky mentioned yesterday evening, there was a lot of dry air in place about 3200ft above which ate away at the snow as it fell through that layer.  The first image on the left is the forecast sounding from the NWS in Davenport, IA from last night.  Notice how the dew point line (line on the left) goes almost to -30°C (-22°F).  That's a lot of dry air!  As the snow fell through that layer above it simply evaporated and wasn't able to reach the ground.  By the time the layer was able to saturate overnight, the bulk of the snow had already moved through.  This left about a couple tenths of an inch of snow across the Rockford area to maybe a couple inches further south. 

We'll see some sunshine this morning but the clouds will quickly begin to roll back with an upper level disturbance that is currently in the Plains.  This could bring a few flurries/light snow with it later this afternoon and evening.