A total of 3.5 inches of new snow fell from Wednesday 7:30 p.m. through Thursday at 2:00 a.m. in Arlington Heights. Snow is light to medium — not good packing. Snow cover at 7:00 a.m. Thursday was 9.5 inches in Arlington Heights.

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A total of one-half of new snow fell from Tuesday 10:30 p.m. through Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. in Arlington Heights. Snow is continuing to fall. The new snow that fell overnight Tuesday to Wednesday was an expanded fluffy snowfall. Snow cover at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday was 6.5 inches in Arlington Heights after settling and melting from last snowfall.

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A total of 3 inches of new snow fell from Sunday 6:00 p.m. through Monday at 6:30 a.m. in Arlington Heights. The new snow that fell overnight Sunday to Monday was heavy, wet and slushy. Snow cover at 6:30 a.m. Monday was 7.0 inches in Arlington Heights. The snow is still falling at 6:30 a.m. Monday. The precipitation began as light right about 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

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A total of .25 inch of new snow fell from 8:00 a.m. through 10:00 a.m. Saturday in Arlington Heights. The new snow that fell Saturday morning was wet. Snow cover in Arlington Heights at 2:30 p.m. Saturday was 5 inches of wet, packed snow. Some areas with sun exposure have almost no snow cover.

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A total of .25 inch of new snow fell from Monday 5:00 p.m. through Tuesday at 3:30 a.m. in Arlington Heights. The new snow that fell overnight Monday to Tuesday was light and fluffy/medium dry. Snow cover at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday was 7.5 inches in Arlington Heights.
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A total of 10 inches of new snow fell from Monday 11:30 p.m. through Wednesday at 3:00 a.m. in Arlington Heights. The new snow that fell overnight Monday to Tuesday was light and fluffy/medium dry. The snow is a little wetter than past snows, but is not ‘wet snow’. Snow cover at 3:00 a.m. Wednesday was 12.0 inches in Arlington Heights.

O’Hare International Airport weather observers reported a 12.6 inch snowfall on February 9, 2010 — the greatest calendar day snowfall since 18.6 inches was recorded on January 2, 1999. Last year 12 inches of snow fell, but over a 2-day period — January 9-10, 2009.

The barometer is rising. The low pressure has passed and remaining snow difficulties will occur with blowing snow and lake effect snow.

Winter Storm Warning in effect until 9 am CST Wednesday…

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