Monday Morning Weather Update

The accumulating snow has come to an end but the impacts from nearly a foot of snow will still be felt throughout Monday morning.  Snowfall totals added up to nearly a foot, with Pecatonica receiving 13.5 inches of snow on Sunday!

Clouds are pretty thick Monday morning and there have been a few flurries and even some light snow showers further to the north across Wisconsin and back across central Iowa.  As an upper level disturbance passes through the Great Lakes this afternoon and evening, there may be a few flurries that fly over southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois through the evening. 

The bigger story will be the wind and blowing/drifting snow.  Significant impacts on the roads Monday morning were felt with slow moving traffic and snow covered roads.  Many of the county and township roads became impassable Sunday night, and were still that way early Monday morning.  Winds were gusting close to 40 mph overnight Sunday with blowing and drifting snow lasting into Monday morning.  Even still as the winds have come down some, blowing and drifting snow will be an issue for both east/west and north/south roads during the afternoon.

Winds won't be quite as strong Monday night but will increase to 20mph during the day Tuesday.  This means that there will likely still be some blowing and drifting snow in open and rural areas.  IDOT is still reporting many roads, highways and interstates as snow or ice covered at 9:45am.  It'll take a while for plows to completely clear the roads.

For a continuous list of how much snow has fallen over northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, click here.