Major Storm Saturday

Snow that was on the wind protected side of trees

Saturday light snow started to fall early in the day, snow stayed light until about 4:00PM here then a Heavy snow band began to move east. between 5 and 7PM snow was coming so heavy that for a time it was blinding and was coming down so hard that car lights passing on roads were hard to see. the snow flakes were huge in this snow band! about 3 inches of snow accumulation in between 4 and 7PM after 7:00PM the wind started to really pick up and started to blow around the fluffy snowfall. I was driving home at 7:15 and I could not see anything while the wind was blowing. so I stayed at very low speeds. There were snow drifts that were big enough to go over the hood slightly when I passed a field where snow was blowing off it and over the road. Village streets were nearly impassible especially side roads, like the street I live on.

I measured a snow drift 11 Inches deep crossing our sidewalk. even though snow accumulation here was under 5 inches the fluffy snow was really blowing around. I was surprised to see that this bush that I took a photo of last week in the photo above was almost completely covered with only the very top sticking out. here are a few snow reports Baldwin 6.0" Connorsville 4.80" Rice Lake 4.80" Grantsburg 5.50" Cumberland 3.50" Clayton 4.0" Clear Lake 4.0" Haugen 4.0" Hammond 4.80" Ridgeland 3.80"

here is a photo of the snow tunnels that I've dug though the snow, it's really been piling up! 

Weather will remain cold today with highs not reaching much above zero even with the sunshine. Tonight will be Very Cold definitely Below Zero all areas. places will bottom out in the mid -10s but a few low -20s are possible everywhere. it will stay cold on Monday before another system moves in on Tuesday. I will have a forecast out tomorrow.