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Bands of lake-effect snow are moving inland into the Chicago area this evening covering areas from the Wisconsin state line south to Kankakee. Some of the heavier lake-effect snows are occurring north of the city. In Deerfield, visibilities dropped to about 1/2 mile as the snow quickly accumulated to about 1/4 inch. Farther north in Beach Park 1.7 inches of snow fell in just 45 minutes.

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Thanks to frequent blog contributor Dave Skrzyniarz for sending these shots of Tuesday evening's developing thunderstorms as viewed from the Pilsen area.

Thanks to Quentin Calder who sent us these great shots of the thunderstorms that developed over the south sections of the metro area Tuesday evening.

Thanks to Mike Ingram of Donovan, Illinois for these shots taken as thunderstorms swept the area Monday afternoon.

Thanks to Harry Quiroz for sharing this shot of the first round of thunderstorms that hit the southern portions of the Chicago area Sunday night.

Thanks to Mary King of Lisle for passing along these shots of the threatening mammatus clouds that preceded this morning's thunderstorms there. The heavy thunderstorms unfortunately washed out the scheduled Memorial Day parade there.

Thanks to Dave Skrzyniarz for passing along this great shot taken earler this afternoon showing the  development stage of the thunderstorms currently hammering the western and northwest suburbs.

Thanks to Brett Borchardt for passing along these shots of the thunderstorms that hop-scotched the Chciago area last night. some areas like Aurora and Algonquin received more than an inch of rain, while other spots had little or any rainfall.

 

 

 

Photo by Brett Borchardt

This evening's showers  produced a double rainbow that was visibile in Lisle. Thanks to Alex King, Christopher Williams and  Josef and Nathan Talaber for passing along this great picture.

Notice the color reversal on the fainter upper bow.

Photo by Mary King