Chasing Lake-Effect Snow (1/19)

An interesting observation was done to pass some frigid "winter" time on January 19, 2008. This involved a lake effect snow event in Michigan, about an hour's drive from where I am staying in Chicago's south side. With a Canadian / Arctic blast, temperatures in Chicago struggled to get above zero degrees F on Jan 19th, with clear and sunny skies.



In Michigan, near Saint Joseph, conditions were a mere 10 degrees warmer, with blowing and drifting snow racing on-shore from Lake Michigan in a scene very reminiscent of a "frozen tropical storm"!

You can check out such extreme winter weather in the WINTER section of the storm chasing area of this web-site, or simply click the link provided below...

www.sky-chaser.com/winter.htm