New Year's Day weather update

 












10:10am Update: Light to moderate continues to fall through Wisconsin and Illinois with a little heavier snow found closer to Chicago.    It looks like the snow will last through 2pm before tapering off into the late afternoon and evening.  Roads will remain snow covered as temperatures stay in the single digits and visibility will be low making travel a little difficult today.  Northeast winds 10-20 mph will cause a little drifting on roads through Thursday afternoon; especially east/west roads.  Additional snowfall totals from Tuesday through this morning can be found below.

(6:50:32 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS DVN: Erie [Whiteside Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M4.0 INCH at 06:49 PM CST -- storm total.

 

(6:45:27 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS DVN: Freeport [Stephenson Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of E0.5 INCH at 05:16 PM CST -- total for today. total since tuesday is 6.1 inches. snow depth is 12 inches.

(6:44:27 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS LOT: Capron [Boone Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M0.0 INCH at 06:30 PM CST -- total so far. roads snow covered and icy. snow has stopped for now.

 (6:29:37 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS LOT: Rockford Airport [Winnebago Co, IL] official nws obs reports SNOW of M6.6 INCH at 06:00 PM CST -- storm total since yesterday. 1.3 inches since 12pm. snow depth 1 foot.

(5:52:44 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS DVN: 3 ENE Rock Falls [Whiteside Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M4.1 INCH at 05:51 PM CST -- storm total. todays snowfall.

(1/1/2014 5:26:32 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS LOT: Harvard [Mchenry Co, IL] amateur radio reports SNOW of E0.0 INCH at 04:30 PM CST -- estimated 8 to 9 inches due to blowing and drifting.

(1/1/2014 5:04:11 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS LOT: 1 NE Cary [Mchenry Co, IL] cocorahs reports SNOW of M8.2 INCH at 04:45 PM CST -- total so far. 2.1 inches in the past 5 hours. still snowing steadily.

 (1/1/2014 4:35:52 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS DVN: Sterling [Whiteside Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M4.5 INCH at 04:30 PM CST

(1/1/2014 3:28:50 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS LOT: 2 WNW Bull Valley [Mchenry Co, IL] cocorahs reports SNOW of M8.0 INCH at 03:00 PM CST -- total so far.

(1/1/2014 3:12:44 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS LOT: Mchenry [Mchenry Co, IL] amateur radio reports SNOW of M6.3 INCH at 02:20 PM CST -- total so far.

(1/1/2014 3:00:24 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS DVN: 3 NNE Stockton [Jo Daviess Co, IL] co-op observer reports SNOW of E4.5 INCH at 11:30 AM CST 

(1/1/2014 1:31:05 PM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS MKX: Williams Bay [Walworth Co, WI] trained spotter reports SNOW of M3.0 INCH at 11:00 AM CST --

(11:15:52 AM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS LOT: Belvidere [Boone Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M5.9 INCH at 11:10 AM CST -- storm total

(10:24:14 AM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS LOT: Rockford [Winnebago Co, IL] public reports SNOW of M5.5 INCH at 09:55 AM CST -- storm total so far since yesterday afternoon. relayed via facebook. very hazardous road conditions.

(10:19:46 AM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS LOT: Capron [Boone Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M1.5 INCH at 10:00 AM CST -- snow since 640 am

(10:10:31 AM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS DVN: 3 N Freeport [Stephenson Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M3.5 INCH at 10:08 AM CST -- measured 3 to 4 inches with an average of 3.5 inches. 

(9:21:47 AM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS DVN: SSE Shannon [Carroll Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of E3.4 INCH at 09:20 AM CST -- total since 1pm on tuesday.

 (9:07:29 AM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS DVN: Freeport [Stephenson Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M4.1 INCH at 09:02 AM CST -- 0.6 inch of new snowfall over the past 9 hours. snow depth is 11 inches. via espotter.

(8:35:14 AM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS DVN: 1 ESE Nora [Jo Daviess Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of E4.5 INCH at 08:30 AM CST -- past 24hr total

(7:50:07 AM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS LOT: Woodstock [Mchenry Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M4.7 INCH at 07:49 AM CST -- 



(7:33:42 AM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS MKX: Afton [Rock Co, WI] co-op observer reports SNOW of M4.4 INCH at 07:00 AM CST -- 24 hour total

(7:33:42 AM) nwsbot: Local Storm Report by NWS MKX: Beloit [Rock Co, WI] co-op observer reports SNOW of M3.0 INCH at 07:00 AM CST -- 24 hour total



6:53 update: Heavier snow band developing north of Rockford across northern Winnebago and Boone counties.  Visibility will drop to a mile or less under the heavier snow bands.

Good morning & Happy New Year!  Hopefully you survived last night's snowfall as additional snow has already returned to Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.  Most areas received between 3" and 4" of snow with higher amounts a little further east of Rockford.  Look for an additional 2" to 3" of snow by this evening.  Roads will remain snow covered, but manageable if you take your time.  As the snow continues to fall visibility will be reduced with northeast winds 10-20 mph.  This may also cause a little blowing & drifting on east/west roads through tonight and Thursday.  Storm snowfall totals will range between 4" and 8", just as we forecasted.