Ice floes covered with snow are part of this wintry scene
off Chicago's shoreline Wednesday (1/28/2009)
Last night's 1-3" snowfall--the 30th measurable snow of the 2008-09
season---has coated the ice floes off the Chicago shoreline with snow. A
period of northeast winds overnight and early Wednesday morning forced
the ice to drift west positioning it along western shoreline of Lake
Michigan. This terrific shot in Wednesday's unlimited post-snow system
sunshine looks north from Michigan Avenue and the Hancock Building
toward a very wintry Oak Street Beach and Chicago lakeshore is the work
of Jim Bayne. THANKS Jim for sharing this with us! By the way, Frank
Wachowski reports Chicago's official snow tally at O'Hare has climbed to
44"----more than 19" above the 24.9 which had fallen by this date a year
ago!
Tom Skilling
Photo courtesy of Jim Bayne, Chicago
