Here are some more photos of this morning’s snowstorm. Scroll down for the most recent ones.
The radar view of the system is quite impressive. At 6:52 AM, minutes before the above video was taken, it looked a bit like some kind of lake-effect mini-hurricane:
You can view the latest radar in motion here; an archived version of the 4:13 AM to 10:40 AM loop is after the jump.
[UPDATE, 9:29 AM: From the National Weather Service:
MORE SNOW & BLOWING SNOW ON THE WAY.
A PAIR OF SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT, BRINGING MORE LAKE EFFECT SNOW TO THE AREA. AS THE SYSTEMS MOVE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN, THEY WILL PICK UP ADDITIONAL MOISTURE AND HELP ENHANCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. GIVEN THE RELATIVELY DRY SNOW AND BRISK CONDITIONS, BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH AFTERNOON THEN REDEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING.
Lovely.]
UPDATE, 10:55 AM: I’ve just uploaded a new version of the radar animation; it goes from 4:13 AM to 10:40 AM (instead of 2:04-8:31, as the original animation did) and really shows the whole morning storm from start to finish. Twice — at just before 7:00 and from approximately 8:00 to 8:20 — Notre Dame is in a yellow band of very heavy snow.
Be patient; the animated GIF is 1.7 MB, so it may take a while to load all 40 frames.
January 30th, 2007 at 11:29:28 am
So I have an idea, cancel classes so law students don’t feel the insane pressure to drive in these near white-out conditions. I know it isn’t really practical to cancel school like they did when we were kids but between the roads already being bad and now the blizzard, part deux, they’re just waiting for someone to get hurt on their way to/from school. Come on, Horvath!
January 30th, 2007 at 11:41:30 am
When Becky and I were driving down Notre Dame Avenue toward the Main Circle this morning (the Dome was completely obscured by the whiteout, which I believe would be the first time I’ve been unable to see the Dome from ND Avenue), she predicted that — now that we’d gone to all this trouble of getting to school — “Your classes are going to be cancelled.” I replied, “I seriously doubt that. It takes an act of God or the Pope to cancel classes at Notre Dame.” :)
January 30th, 2007 at 11:48:34 am
Brendan, I believe it was God saying “Cancel school, Horvath!” when God unleashed this avalanche of snow on us. I can’t think of a clearer sign. :)
January 30th, 2007 at 11:58:47 am
Perhaps, but it would help if the Pope could confirm that. ;)