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Saving this gif to show my grandkids one day.

Barring another large-enough volcanic eruption.

I haven't seen the sun in what feels like 6 weeks.

Lock it in.

Had a wave of fat flakes for several minutes. No accumulation. Waiting for the rest of the precip shield to move in. Might start off with some snow before switching to rain.

Lake effect behind next week's system has some potential.

The Euro is trying to bang out a couple inches of snow around here on Friday.

Half an inch of rain coming here.

South Bend is currently in its 35th snowiest month ever at 30.2 inches. It's the 2nd snowiest November on record. The snowiest November was in 1977 when 30.3 inches fell. Here's how much more snow we received after the top 5 snowiest November's on record in South Bend (I'm not counting March because that's Spring). Normal for those months (November-February) is 56.5 inches: 1977 November - 30.3" December - 33.6" January - 86.1"* February - 16.6" Total - 166.6" *Snowiest month on record in South Bend. 1951 November - 23.4" December - 30.7" January - 12.7" February - 2.4" Total - 69.2" 1976 November - 21.6" December - 37.6" January - 37.2" February - 13.9" Total - 110.3" 1911 November - 20.5" December - 12.5" January - 14.0" February - 12.5" Total - 59.5" (Lots of missing data) 2014 November - 19.1" December - 0.2" January - 22.1" February - 36.2" Total - 77.6"

This band in South Bend is absolutely dumping. It’s been just barely to my south the last four hours but coming north. Unofficial reports on Twitter indicate 2”-4” per hour.

Downtown South Bend under a death band right now. https://wsbt.com/weather/storm-alert-weather-cameras/south-bend-04-29-2016

Quality rippage.

Snow squall at the ND football game.

IWX upgraded three of its Michigan counties to a WSW. The winds are gonna be a problem. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...Heavy lake effect snow and areas of blowing snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 7 inches. Near zero visibilities in heavier snow showers. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. Wind chills dropping into single digits tonight. * WHERE...Cass MI, St. Joseph MI, and Berrien Counties. * WHEN...This afternoon into tonight. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery, snow covered roads. Areas of blowing snow and heavy snow will significantly reduce visibility.

We’ve had a nice winter this week in South Bend. Credit for this tidbit from WSBT-TV meteorologist Bob Werner: 20.6" of snow we've had this week (11/12-18) is by far the most we've ever gotten during that time of the year! Previous most was 16.8" during 11/12-18/2014. For further perspective, 20.6" is more than the normal snowfall for all of December (13.7") or February (16.1").

8” on the ground here. Probably 5” of it fell last night and today. Pretty good considering I was expecting only an inch of fresh snow.

It’s a far cry from Buffalo but prime lake effect conditions for Northern Indiana.

Was a bit surprised to see how far south the lake effect bands drifted into Indiana this morning. It was snowing at a pretty good clip when I let the dogs out. I forgot my tape measure, but I’d eyeball about 6 on the ground right now…about 3 of that is fresh snow from overnight/this morning.

The arctic front on Saturday kind of snuck up on me. 3k NAM gets me 5 inches of snow between the front and lake effect shifting the winds a little more NW. Notre Dame has a 2:30 kickoff. Would be fun to make it a snow game.

I got 4 inches of snow from yesterday’s and last night’s lake effect event. The big winners were about a half hour north of me where 13 inches fell. I also saw a report of 8 inches about 45 minutes south of me. Currently seeing flurries. The lake should help boost the squalls going through Chicagoland. Thinking I could get another inch tonight before all the lake snows stay north of the border.

Had lake effect snow falling since mid-afternoon but it didn’t start sticking until about 4:30 EST.

The lake effect band has largely stayed to my north all morning. Just a coating here. The heavy, wet nature of the snow is causing power outages already in parts of Michigan. 5,400 Indiana Michigan Power customers are out.

Actually ended with a DAB.

Finally started seeing flurries when I went outside about 20 minutes ago.