Update 12:30pm: The worst of this snow storm is behind us, but the roads are going to remain pretty poor throughout this afternoon. Drier air is moving in, as witnessed by the clear radar scan over Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll, & Whiteside County. The heaviest snow this afternoon will be in southern Wisconsin and in portions of Illinois east of I-39. The entire region should dry out by 9pm tonight. The wind won't quit anytime soon. These gusty east winds will continue to roar into the overnight hours. The guest that we had in for our interview segment on the noon show said, "the roads are horrible". Needless to say, if you don't have to venture out into this mess this afternoon, you might just want to get cozy on the couch! Adam Painter here signing out for this Friday and passing the baton onto the main man Eric Sorensen.
(12:21:09 PM) iembot: 4 Nw Rockford [Winnebago Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M4.0 INCH at 12:15 PM CDT -- storm total...2.5 since 7am.
(12:19:01 PM) iembot: De Kalb [De Kalb Co, IL] trained spotter reports SNOW of M1.0 INCH at 12:15 PM CDT -- sleet...freezing rain...and snow
(11:44:54 AM) iembot: Clinton [Rock Co, WI] trained spotter reports SNOW of M2.5 INCH at 11:41 AM
(11:44:53 AM) iembot: Monticello [Green Co, WI] trained spotter reports SNOW of M4.5 INCH at 11:36 AM
(11:28:24 AM) iembot: Evansville [Rock Co, WI] trained spotter reports SNOW of M3.0 INCH at 10:55 AM
Update 11am: I just measured 3.5" of snow outside of the WREX studios in western Winnebago County. Snow still falling at a steady clip with visibilities less than a mile in some spots. Any measurements that you have in your backyard that you would like to pass along email me at apainter@wrex.com or Eric after 1pm at esorensen@wrex.com.
Update 9:55am: National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has canceled the Winter Storm Warning for the counties of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, and Carroll. They have also canceled the Winter Weather Advisory for Whiteside County. Windy conditions with some snow is expected in these parts, but the heaviest snow will stay to the north. My thinking is that with that 4 to 9 inch forecast range Rockford will be on the low end, while Monroe, Janesville, and Lake Geneva approach the high end.
Update 9:45am: Model data is conflicting itself. It is still cranking out heavy precipitation this afternoon even though drier air will be moving in higher up in the atmosphere (700mb). This tends to shut off snow high up in the clouds.
Update 9:30am: Intense band of precipitation moving through right now stretching from Rockford to Polo to Sterling. Snowing hard right now with wind gusts in many areas around 30 mph. Roads are certainly slick, with already a few reports of cars in the ditch.
Original post: A WINTER STORM WARNING continues through midnight tonight for all counties in the Stateline viewing area except for Whiteside County.Last night, Eric upped the snow totals slightly and I can't find enough strong reasons to downgrade those amounts this morning. The snow began around 3am this morning, and as of 7am I measured 2.1" of snow west of Rockford at the WREX-TV studios. The snow likely will pick up in intensity again late this morning and continue at that pace into the afternoon hours. This storm should still be kicking out snow around dinnertime, but the accumulating snow should be done shortly after 9pm.
This forecast is incredibly tricky, because the distance between the haves and the have nots is going to be minuscule in the spectrum of the atmosphere. Beloit is separated from Rochelle by 45 miles. Beloit could end up with between 8-12 inches of snow, while Rochelle receives a mere inch or two.
Despite the sun being up, keep your headlights on all day today. Blustery east winds at 15-25 mph are going to whip those snowflakes around and cause low visibilities on area highways. For those with travel plans: the driving conditions are going to be the worst in southern Wisconsin. I've spoke with a few meteorologists who are forecasting around a foot of snow in Madison and Milwaukee. -ADAM
14 comments:
The snow has really picked up here in south beloit. Just got back from rockford and the roads are very slippery. Today is a good day to stay inside and watch some good basketball.
Still just a dusting in DeKalb - and I think its raining and/or sleeting right now.
Yeah, I'm in DeKalb too and it's sleeting pretty heavily now.
Are you still going with snow tapering off around 8 pm?
Beloit (Rock Co) WI: I just shoveled about 2 heavy wet inches off my sidewalks, but brushed about 5 heavy wet inches of it off my car. I think its melting faster on the ground than it is on metal surfaces (like cars).
Snowing pretty heavily.
Really glad I stayed home today.
It is still snowing pretty bad here in loves park and yes it is a very heavy wet snow. I haven't measured it yet. I know the roads are horrendous. When I left my house at around 9 or so this morning, most of the main roads were just wet, but I get back on them 2 hours later and it was nasty. I was at mobil on forest hills road and some delivery truck turned too fast onto river lane and fish tailed all the way down. I think this snow will be gone by this time next week. I hope it is the last big snow of the season.
And I just measured 5 inches in our front yard.
Well at my house, except for blowing and drifting, the snow has pretty much completely ended. Are we going to see more eric, or is this one pretty much done.
This system lost it's punch, the summer drought is starting early!
I jinx us I have a feeling. Now what will happen is will get floods to are shoulders next week. I better just bite my tounge
Actually I don't think the storm lost its punch, but I think unless eric corrects me, looks the snow band set up further north in southern wisconsin that was expected. I read out of the quad cities office that they said the storm tracked further north. But I did measure 6 inches of snow though.
As of 3:47 pm....are we finished? Can we go plow?
Ok here is a question. Are bobcats allowed to come thru and plow streets. We just had one come thru our street and plowed and now we have big chunks of snow all over by our curves. Im talking about the bobcats that are used for like construction.
Good job Eric - you pretty much nailed it with last night's forecast.
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