January 21-24, 2013 Snowfall Accumulation

Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

4 Day Lake Effect Snowfall Accumulation

Cold temperatures and persistent northwesterly flow have caused significant snowfall accumulations in areas downwind of Lake Michigan. The map below shows total snowfall accumulations for the past 4 days. We have received some reports of locally higher amounts, but generally 6-12 inches of snow has been common across Berrien and Cass counties in Michigan and La Porte and St. Joseph counties in Indiana.

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LOCATION                                            VALUE
BLOOMINGDALE                                        18.0
MUSKEGON ASOS                                       15.8
Stevensville 1.7 SSE                                14.9
Niles 2.7 W                                         14.2
Buchanan 1.3 WNW                                    10.5
(WA9RON)La Porte 1.3 SSW                            8.0
GRAND RAPIDS ASOS                                   6.9
SOUTH BEND ASOS                                     6.7
(KA9WNQ)La Porte 1.7 SW                             6.5
(W9OPR)Wheatfield 1.4 ENE                           6.0
Valparaiso 5.5 SSW                                  5.9
Elkhart 4.8 SW                                      5.5
KINGSBURY 1 N                                       5.4
(N9ROM)Trail Creek 4.5 ESE                          4.7
BUFFALO                                             4.0
MINNEAPOLIS                                         4.0
ROANOKE                                             4.0
ST LOUIS                                            4.0
Valparaiso 4.3 SW                                   3.8
Goshen 1.9 NW                                       2.3
DETROIT INT AIRPORT                                 2.2
Plymouth 2.5 WSW                                    2.1
Angola 1.2 S                                        2.0
Columbus 9.3 NNE                                    2.0
LANSING ASOS                                        1.8
Valparaiso 0.9 NNW                                  1.7
WANATAH 2 WNW                                       1.7
(KB9GPW)North Judson 3.9 SW                         1.5
MILWAUKEE                                           1.4
New Albany 2.8 SSE                                  1.4
North Judson 5.7 ESE                                1.3
(W9AL)North Judson 5.7 ESE                          1.3
Mishawaka 5.9 SE                                    1.2
De Motte 0.8 NNW                                    1.0
Bellevue 4.9 S                                      1.0
Lima 2.7 NE                                         0.8
Angola 4.1 N                                        0.7
Rochester 2.4 NW                                    0.6
Marion 4.2 SSE                                      0.6
FRANCESVILLE 2 SW                                   0.5
Fort Wayne 9.1 SE                                   0.5
Valparaiso 1.8 N                                    0.5
Northwood 2.8 ENE                                   0.5
ROCHESTER                                           0.5
Fort Wayne 2.6 NE                                   0.4
Huntington 0.3 W                                    0.4
Galloway 3.1 N                                      0.4
Anna 3.1 NNW                                        0.4
O'HARE INTERNATIONAL APT                            0.4
(N9ZMY)Logansport 0.9 E                             0.3
Yorktown 1.1 NNW                                    0.3
Woodburn 2.8 WSW                                    0.2
Bluffton 3.0 ENE                                    0.2
Bradford 2.3 NW                                     0.2
McClure 3.4 SSE                                     0.2
BLUFFTON 1 N                                        0.1
Kokomo 7.2 WNW                                      0.1
Urbana 0.3 ENE                                      0.1
Napoleon 0.3 NNW                                    0.1
PAULDING                                            0.1
CHALMERS 5 W                                        0.0
Frankfort 4.9 ENE                                   0.0
(K9EFY)Flora 0.3 S                                  0.0
Marion 5.6 NE                                       0.0
Bluffton 4.1 N                                      0.0
INDIANAPOLIS                                        0.0
MARION 2 N                                          0.0
Defiance 0.9 E                                      0.0
PERRYSVILLE 4 WNW                                   0.0
Woodburn 3 N                                        0.0
WEST LAFAYETTE 6 NW                                 0.0