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Shortly after 3 pm skies were clouding over in the Chicago area as the advancing snow area moves toward the city. Snow is falling in areas to our west and visibilities are dropping, a sign that the snowfall is increasing in intensity. The visibility had dropped to 1 mile and both Moline and Peoria and light snow had begun at Rochelle. Some light snow should be moving into the Fox Valley within the hour and overspreading the city after dark. The snow should be light at first but gradually increase in intensity through the evening hours.

Shortly after 3 pm skies were clouding over in the Chicago area as the advancing snow area moves toward the city. Snow is falling in areas to our west and visibilities are dropping, a sign that the snowfall is increasing in intensity. The visibility had dropped to 1 mile and both Moline and Peoria and light snow had begun at Rochelle. Some light snow should be moving into the Fox Valley within the hour and overspreading the city after dark. The snow should be light at first but gradually increase in intensity through the evening hours.

These incredible pictures of the mega-snowstorm that buried the Washington D.C. area with more than 30 inches of snow in some areas were sent to us by  native Chicagoan Robert Schwartz a student at American University in Washington. The official snowfall at American University was 27.5 inches.

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Photos by Robert Schwartz

Thanks to Julie Frey Wilke for sending us this neat picture of an unusual snow drift photographed about a mile off of exit 201 on I-65 near Remington, Indiana.

Thanks to Tony Russo of Virginia Beach, Virginia for passing along these photos of the snowstorm that is hammering the area. Tony reports heavy snow mixed with sleet still occurring Saturday afternoon with 7.5 inches on the ground- more than that area typically gets in an entire winter.

Photos by Tony Russo

Our WGN Weather Center colleague Richard Koeneman just sent in these pictures of the beginning stages of what promises to be a another major snowstorm in that area. By the time the storm ends later this weekend, snowfall totals are expected to be in the 10-14 inch range. That area was also hit by a 15-inch snowstorm back in December just before Christmas.

Photos by Richard Koeneman

Thanks to John Kloch for passing along these sunset pictures taken in the central Wisconsin taken near Pittsville, Wisconsin. just west of Wisconsin Rapids.

Thanks to Ann Roos of Schaumburg for sharing these shots of icicles that have become  so common around the Chicago area in recent days.

Thanks to Roxanne Myers for passing along these wintry shots taken at Bass Lake at Lake of the Four Seasons in Crown Point, Indiana.

Thanks to Sam Boateng for passing along these shots from a town west of London called Reading. Sam reports 21 inches of snow there so far this winter putting them on a par with the Chicago area. After the latest  storm brought a foot of snow, the mercury dropped to 4 degrees.