José_León, ¿como está y ha estado el tema?
Parece que ha sido poca cosa, no la gran nevada ni mucho menos, pero remitiéndome a infomación periodística ( sensacionalista en muncho casos, no lo voy a negar) parece ser que, a pesar de ser poca, ha sido, para la fecha, mas que en 121 años de registro precedentes.
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Never before in 121 years of weather records dating back to 1885 has as much snow fallen as EARLY in a new snow season as it did Thursday. That was true not only in Chicago, but in DeKalb and Rockford as well. Across the lake, Grand Rapids, Michigan, the 1.4" of snow which had accumulated by midday was the heaviest so early in the season. On only 6 occasions in all the years since official snow measurements began in Chicago back in 1885, has snow fallen (including "traces" of snow—i.e. less than 0.1") as early or earlier, underscoring the uniqueness of Thursday's snow event.
Our National Weather Service colleagues at the Chicago Forecast Office report the first flakes of snow fell for 23 minutes at O'Hare between 1:17 am and 1:40 a.m. Thursday morning. Midway Airport didn't report snow until just after 9 a.m. For periods of 15-30 minutes, visibilities across sections of the metropolitan area dropped under 1/4 mile, lending the snowfall a truly wintry appearance---especially once it began to stick. That the snow DID stick is rather remarkable all by itself, considering ground temperatures immediately below the surface were reported at 54-degrees as recently as Wednesday evening.
cantidad de nieve:
But, before melting, 0.3" was measured officially at both Midway and O'Hare, according to veteran weather historian and climatologist Frank Wachowski. Other preliminary area accumulations which our viewers and readers have shared with us include:
1" Algonquin
1" Crystal Lake
0.5" DeKalb at Northern Illinois University
1.2" Mundelein
0.4" OakBrook
0.1" WGN studios, Chicago's northwest side
Saludos.
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