After a final brief burst of heavy snow in the past hour, it appears that the snow is finally over in the northwest and far north suburbs. As the storm moves on the east preparing to clobber the major cities of the Northeast with a full blown nor'easter, upper-level winds over Lake Michigan are shifting from the northeast to the north allowing the lake effect snow bands to shift south and head for the south end of Lake Michigan. While the snow is ending in northern sections, this scenario means several more hours of lake effect snow for areas near the south end of the lake and many more hours of snow for northwest Indiana.
Total snowfall as measured at my home in Arlington Heights was just over 12 inches. Eight inches fell overnight from the storm itself and another 4+ inches fell today from lake effect snow.
January snowfall here now totals 27.7 inches with more than a week to go in the month. The January 4-6 storm brought more than 11 inches of to this area and this latest event a little more than 12 inches.
Steve Kahn WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune Meteorologist
