Thanks to Randy Coleman for these shots from Milwaukee today. He writes:
Here are a couple of Milwaukee pictures taken this morning….ths storm system that was supposed to drop most of the snow on Chicago (in time for todays football game) shifted farther north overnight and now the heaviest snow is in the Milwaukee area and points north. I estimate from my location downtown near the lakeshore about 4-5″ so far with about 7 predicted before it ends later today. This will put the current snow depth here around 8-10″. The snow here close to the lake gets the benefit of the moisture enhancement off the relatively warm waters of Lake Michigan….not lake effect, but lake enhanced. The Michigan side of the lake gets most of the lake effect during the winter due to the prevailing winds are usually from the NW and with a long fetch over the lake, they get a lot of snow. It’s fun some mornings to look eastward over the lake and see the clouds forming and trailing to the S or SE with the lake snow bands, while here on the western shore there are no clouds and sunshine.
In pic #3, you can make out the top of the Milwaukee Art Museum which is on the lakeshore. Number #4 is a pic of the museum I took only about 10 days ago, before the snow started her. Numbers 1 and 2 are of Wisconsin Avenue downtown, not far from the lakeshore.
