#Chicago snow totals february 2019 drivers#

Portage Park - Chicago 7.0 in 0530 PM 02/02ġ E Logan Square - Chicago 7.0 in 0125 PM 02/02 Storm Total Snowfall Reports through Wednesday Evening.ģ.0 SW Midway Airport 11.0 in 0430 PM 02/02ġ SE Logan Square - Chicago 8.4 in 0305 PM 02/02 Over 600 Flights Grounded at Chicago-Area Airports as Snow Continues

#Chicago snow totals february 2019 drivers#

School Closings: Numerous Chicago-Area Schools Cancel Class, Move to E-Learning Thursday Ĭhicago Weather Alert: Lingering Issues For Drivers Thursday After Heavy Snowfall The sharp gradient in snowfall, including across the Chicago metro, and the higher impact magnitude for Wednesday was fairly well forecast for multiple days in advance, according to the National Weather Service Chicago.Ĭity of Aurora needs volunteers for Operation Senior Shovel Key ingredients of this system were the rising motion and instability aloft (aided by steep lapse rates aloft) especially Wednesday morning, Februwhen the heaviest snowfall rates occurred. The early February 2022 event occurred as part of a deep system from the Southern Plains that sent deep moisture northward while a cold front undercut this moisture. Heavy snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour occurred on Wednesday morning, crippling the commute in places including in parts of the Chicago metro. Plainfield firefighters deliver baby in Jimmy John's parking lot during snow storm These were the largest snowfall totals in the northern Illinois and northwest Indiana area, including the Chicago metro, since last winter’s February 14-16, 2021 event.Ī major difference “gradient” in snowfall amounts occurred from north to south across the area, including across the Chicago metro, with highest amounts south (double digit snowfall totals) and lower north. The NWS Cooperative Observer located 3 miles southwest of Midway International Airport measured 11.0″.ġ0.0″ at the NWS Chicago office in Romeoville,ġ0″ to 13″ in Lake and Porter County in northwest Indiana.