Chicago Snow Storm 2011

Chicago Snow Storm 2011, Third of Americains are facing life suspeneded winter storm in the daily routine. The snowstorm that continues to rock Chicago on Wednesday is now in the top five of the worst snowstorms ever to hit the city and it is not over yet. Lake effect snow has developed and will only make the storm of 2011 that much worse.
Chicago 2011 Blizzard raises in five topped the list of snowstorm in Chicago: Lake effect snow continues to hammer Chicago

A blizzard warning is in effect until 3 am Wednesday. According to the National Weather Service, after 6 hours there were 15 inches of snow on the ground at O’Hare International Airport. The city said lake-effect snow is expected to arrive later Wednesday morning and add another 3-5 inches of snow. Total snowfall should be between 15 to 20 inches, with some areas of the city can receive up to 25 inches.
When snowstorms hit the Chicago area, employees of CCH packaged toothbrushes and spent a long night in their booths to make sure everything is done.

No pajama parties are planned this week in tax and accounting software with offices in and around Chicago. For many employees, in white on Wednesday will mean spending the day hunkered down at home – work.

“Even two, three years ago, we just did not have the technology that would enable our employees … the ability to direct calls to their work space at home or their mobile phones, “said Jerry Pruitt, vice president of customer service and operations.” It’s amazing how he came “.

Roads may be impassable and parking lots buried, but many companies in the Midwest, Wallop the storm should not dent productivity. Instead, it is expected to be a showcase of communication technology that has become part of everyday technology that could dramatically reduce the impact of this storm on workers.

Over the last five to 10 years, companies across the country have adopted “telecommuting” because employers recognize that it may be much more productive than asking workers to commute for hours in bad weather. And nothing better shows the advantages of this approach to a major snowstorm that obstruct the road, experts say.

“There are options now,” said Peter Handal, president and CEO of Dale Carnegie Training, which monitors trends in the workplace and management.

Andrea Miller is opting for the work of his room coffee table of life in Chicago. A marketing assistant for an apartment-finding service in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, said Mr. Miller Internet programs enable it to respond to requests for information online, call potential customers and appointments – all without having to leave home.

“Actually, I have been with the company for five years, and I do not expect to be as easy as it is now,” she said. “I am glad that we are a society of the 21st century when, in the case of something like that, we can not close completely. ”

Jeff Judge, CEO of the signal, a digital marketing company based in Chicago, did not spend one minute worrying about whether a snowstorm this week would affect operations.

As expected, a huge snowstorm swept the Chicago area Tuesday night, closing roads and businesses, sending commuters racing to get home, and forcing officials to close schools PCS for the first time since 1999.

All Chicago Public Schools will be closed on Wednesday. Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois is to mobilize National Guard and firefighters from Chicago are preparing to use snowmobiles to rescue the stranded. Midway has been completely closed as of early afternoon.

“Expect this snowstorm to become heavy at times with rates of snow from one to two inches per hour – you will not be able to see on the street sometimes blowing sideways during the height of the storm, “said Chicago National Weather Service chief meteorologist Edward Fenelon.

People from Glenview, and Northfield Morris said “thundersnow.” If a brief burst of snow that door 2 to 3 inches during the peak evening hours time Tuesday, the worst conditions are provided between 21 pm Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 pm, when the blizzard conditions will be experimented with gusts over 40 km / h and heavy snowfall.

Quinn issued a disaster declaration and instructed several state agencies to coordinate efforts. In addition, more than 500 soldiers of the Illinois National Guard were called to assist stranded motorists on highways. They hold the water and a snack bar and coordination with the Illinois Patrol rescues.

State Police are reporting that I-80 will soon be closed off to the suburbs south of West Morris in Ottawa, because of “impassable” blizzard conditions.

The cross will be closed as soon as the Ministry of Transport of Illinois can get the barricades in place, said Joliet District State Police Sgt. Chris Paluch, and the road will remain closed overnight.

“It’s terrible,” said Paluch. “There are too many accidents and too many vehicles in ditches. You can not even access to more cars.”
As part of the preparation, the Office of Emergency Management and Communications will implement its emergency operations center at noon Tuesday for as long as necessary. That means staying in touch with the Red Cross, Salvation Army Hi, CTA, Metra and IDOT to share information.

“These types of conditions can be very dangerous, especially for the sick and elderly and those unable to walk,” Chief Ray Orozco said OEMC. “We therefore urge each and everyone of you to go to your friends, relatives and neighbors to ensure they are safe. ”

Residents needing shelter should call 311, he said.

“We know what kind of weather it is more difficult on our residents and affects everyday life and me to be frustrating,” said Orozco. “We want everybody in this town that we do everything we can to prepare for this storm and we are confident and ready to face this storm to the best of our abilities. ” A storm warning also takes effect in 21 hours for Lake Michigan

Chicago Weather 10 Day Forecast

Chicago Weather 10 Day Forecast, The major Windstorm can hit the Chicago as The National Weather Service said the storm is expected to start in the Rocky Mountains for much of the Plains and Midwest, reaching the area especially hard on Tuesday and Wednesday before making its way to the East Coast. Bitterly cold temperatures are forecast in the wake of the storm.

By early Monday, but the drizzle of slippery roads in northwest Missouri, causing cars to slide off the road in Buchanan County and led authorities to cancel classes in public and private schools in the area. Freezing rain and fog caused some flight delays at the airport Sunday in Rapid City, SD.

Edel and Mertz in hardware a few blocks from the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, customers were lined up at 7 am waiting for the store to open. Snow shovels were big sellers, but workers said Steve Edel melting ice and salt were flying out the door.

“‘Going crazy’ is a great way to say,” said Edel. “The icing -. That’s what scares people”

Chicago and Milwaukee are expected to be particularly affected as the week progresses. The weather service issued a storm warning for Tuesday and Wednesday for southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana. Forecasters said snowfall totals could reach up to 2 meters in some areas.

The weather service said heavy snow combined with strong winds could create whiteout conditions, especially at night from Tuesday to Wednesday, making driving extremely dangerous in some areas. Snow accumulations of 5 feet to 10 feet are possible. The service said on Tuesday that the winds could reach up to 60 km / h in open areas near Lake Michigan.

The storm could be a record in Chicago. The biggest snowstorm that hit the city dumped 23 inches on January 26 and 27, 1967, said Samuel Shea, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Romeoville, Illinois

Transportation officials lined snow and utilities ready for the worst as a snowstorm slipped into the Midwest on Monday. Forecasters said the storm could drop up to an inch of freezing rain and warned of strong winds, the conditions of bleach and glaciers that could reach 10 feet in some parts of the region.
According to the weather in Chicago on October 10 from the Chicago Climate Center, the snow will decrease from today. However, only snow is on tap for today and much of the morning, before the storm comes fully on Tuesday night. Groundhog day, a “major winter storm” has come to town that may be among the largest we’ve ever seen.

The city was beaten with a record 23 inches in late January 1967. Initial projections have at least 20 inches lower in coming days, if not more. According to CNN, the National Weather Service says at least 18 inches will fall over much of northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana.

While the climate of Chicago 10 day forecast does not say how much snow will fall, however, it is logical enough. Residents still have more than 24 hours to prepare, before the snow on Tuesday night and Wednesday. Even when the blizzard stops, temperatures drop as low on Wednesday may be somewhere around zero degrees.
The National Weather Service said the start of a large storm system to see the freezing rain and snow in some areas on Monday, before most of the Plains and Midwest is paralyzed by heavy snow on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The storm, which reached its peak on Wednesday -Groundhog Day -, is expected to start in the Rocky Mountains for much of the Plains and Midwest before making their way to the East Coast.

Snow accumulations of 5 feet to 10 feet are possible. The service said on Tuesday that the winds could reach up to 60 km / h in open areas near Lake Michigan.
Once the storm has moved through the cold temperatures are expected to grab most of the region, with the mercury below zero in parts of Texas and Oklahoma and sinking as low as-50F in the highlands central and southern Africa.

WGN WEATHER

WGN WEATS-EX-R, There are reports of forecast for Chicago that a major windstorm can hit the Chicago. A winter storm watch remains in effect for the area of Battle Creek and much of southern Lower Peninsula afternoon from Tuesday. Informative map of the projected path of the storm of WGN in Chicago. The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has set up this page about the storm, with the intended path and snowfall.

Remember the 1993 movie “Groundhog Day” where Bill Murray’s character, a television meteorologist largest city, is trapped in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, by a snowstorm? Well, here it comes again. Aculeate has already labeled it the Groundhog Day blizzard.

The latest forecast revealed for the Battle Creek area calls for about two inches of snow tonight from an unrelated system with the manufacturer of time even in the far southwest.

Then, when the violent storm, the weather service currently provides 2 inches of snow during the day Tuesday, 9 inches Tuesday night and another 4 inches on Wednesday. It is 17 inches between now and sundown Wednesday.

Northerly winds will ramp up in the range 20 to 30 mph with higher gusts Tuesday night continues until Wednesday. Considerable blowing snow is expected with near blizzard conditions possible.

Hang on, Heights and Olympia Fields residents: a large winter storm is headed your way.
The National Weather Service issued a snowstorm watch for much of northern Illinois, including Cook County, beginning Tuesday afternoon. According to counsel, the storm could bring up to 18 inches of snow or more in some areas and wind gusts up to 40 mph could create blizzard conditions and whiteout.
The first phase of the storm will begin on Monday afternoon, bringing two to four inches of snow by Tuesday morning. The highest snowfall is expected to develop Tuesday afternoon and continue until Wednesday afternoon.

According to counsel, the total accumulation of the storm are expected to more than a foot in northern Illinois and beyond 18 inches on the north and east central Illinois.
The National Weather Service warns motorists of “almost impossible travel conditions” Tuesday afternoon and evening due to the rapid accumulation of snow, blizzard should call a “dangerous snowstorm, multifaceted and potentially lethal.”

Soldier Field

Soldier Field, Teams are very different from those who gathered at week 6 in a 23-20 victory in Seattle “Soldier Field.”The biggest change is that the Seahawks see in film studies is the offense Bears, who became much more balanced since attempting 45 assists and 14 points in the first game. Chicago offensive coordinator Mike Martz has been patient with the ground game, and it has borne fruit in terms of pass protection for QB Jay Cutler. But Martz is a man of the game, and it will take a lot of restraint not to revolt against the pass against a defense that gave up 397 meters last weekend at the New Orleans Saints. During this time, the bears will see a Seattle offense that has mixed things of the past two weeks and did a good job of breaking patterns while finally making progress on the ground. QB Matt Hasselbeck is coming off an excellent game in which he received great protection, receivers expected to be released and was very specific. But a fast start is crucial, because it tends to turn the ball over in pieces when they are forced to play from behind and tries to make course too.
It was a scary moment on Sunday when Chicago Solider Field Seahawks TE John Carlson was carted off with an apparent head injury. But it seems Carlson could have avoided a very serious injury.

Carlson was injured midway through the first quarter when he went down head first on the bench after being catapulted into the air at the end of a 14-yard reception. Carlson lay motionless on the ground for several minutes as medical personnel rushed to his side. He was immobilized and attached to a panel before it was loaded onto a cart and taken off the field.

The Seahawks announced Carlson had feeling in his extremities and was carried by a precautionary measure. It is a positive sign that clearly Carlson spoke with the medical staff as they loaded on the truck. Carlson will not return to the game

Pittsburgh Weather NFL Games

Pittsburgh Weather, Weather should play a huge factor in today’s NFL games, keeping scores low and leading to more turnovers
Giants-Vikings game has been postponed due to a blizzard. Outdoor sites in Chicago (3 inches of snow, 50-mph winds), Pittsburgh (snow and wind) and Buffalo (rain and wind) can expect difficult conditions as well.
A snowstorm in the Midwest on Saturday has already had an impact on the timetable for the NFL. New York Giants and the Minnesota game, originally scheduled for noon local time in Minneapolis, has been postponed to Monday night kick off at 8 pm Eastern time. [UPDATE: Rich Eisen just said play will not be played on Monday or Tuesday at the Metrodome because of the condition of the roof]

The Giants’ plane was diverted to Kansas City because of the snowstorm in Minneapolis yesterday, and the team spent the night in KC. The game will be shown in both local markets on FOX, and according to Greg Aiello, who will be available for Sunday Ticket as well.

This morning, the show NFL Network Gameday Morning said the Metrodome roof has “reduced” (deflated it now looks like a flat roof) under the weight of 15 centimeters of snow and high (> 30 wind km / h). This could be an ongoing story, and the current report on the NFL Network is that the game can be played as scheduled at the Metrodome on Monday.

The other match will be greatly affected by weather in Chicago, with the clash between the Patriots 10-2 and the Bears 9-3. It will be snowing all day, with 3-5 inches expected. Winds will be looking at around noon local time, and should be shouting from the kick off 15 hours (N to NW at 25-35 km / h gusting to 50 km / h). The temperature should be just below zero, but should feel much colder because of wind.

These winds will destroy the game going and kicking, especially if it turns into a kind of cross wind in the stadium. If you set a schedule for the fantasy playoffs, I think seriously from someone else if you have a reasonable alternative. This will be one of the windiest games late in the season at Soldier Field, I can find over the past 35 years. I found seven games since 1975, where the wind conditions were greater than 18 km / h on day 1 December / January game at Soldier Field: January 1989 vs. San Francisco vs. Los Angeles and 1986 in two NFC Championship Games and games against Green Bay in December (2007), Houston (2004), Tampa Bay (1991), and St. Louis (1975 and 1979).

Figures passed in those games: completion percentage of 48.4%, 5.8 yards per attempt, 12 TD and 14 INT’s. Average total points scored: 36. The over / under market has already made an enormous boost 5 points, from 43.5 to 38 currently.

Other games in the North should simply more normal late season weather effects.

Buffalo vs. Cleveland: near freezing temperatures, rainfall in the winter rain will mix during the game, and E winds around 10 mph.

Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati: Temperatures will drop 40 degrees by mid-morning to frost, freezing rain in the morning and continuing to game time, ranging from the SSW winds at kickoff SES by the end of the game, and increase from 7 mph to 11 mph throughout the play.

Washington vs. Tampa Bay: the temperature near 50, rain throughout the game, with winds between 10-15 mph SSE.

New York Jets vs. Miami: high temperature at kickoff to near 53 degrees, the possibility of rain throughout the game, and difficult wind conditions improved slightly in the game (ESS 16 to 12 mph from kickoff at the end).

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