Winter Weather! (2/2)

The weather in Chicago this year of 2008 has been anything but boring. One day it's extremely cold and sunny, the next day its 50 degrees and foggy, then a line of thunderstorms moves through, and by that evening, a 6-12" snow storm hits!



In the pictures above, parts of Lake Michigan are frozen solid. The middle picture shows a nasty commute to work in a snow storm - Good for kids, who were off from school - But not for people driving in it. The picture to the right shows small icebergs floating in Lake Michigan. Actually, they are simply chunks of pack-ice that break apart when lake ice shifts due to strong winds.

Frigid temperatures allow even a large body of water such as the Great Lakes to develop ice.