12/31/2007 Suprise New Years Eve Snow

This storm was somewhat of a surprise, with the forecast calling for less than 1" of snow -- we ended up with 4.5". The fresh evening snow, combined with the city lights, provided a nice backdrop for a bit of night photography. I probably could of messed with the white balance a bit more ... oh well.

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Castle Drive.

Davis Hall.

Altgeld Hall.

Front of Altgeld with steam from heating plant (to the right) giving it a ghostly appearance.

From left-to-right: Holmes Student Center, Founders Library, and Davis Hall.

Holmes Student Center.

Davis Hall.

12/28/2007 Snowstorm

We added another 3.9" to our seasonal snow total on Friday thanks to a quick-moving storm. A couple images below including a look at the NIU "entrance" and a rural road "whiteout."

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12/16/2007 Snowstorm Aftermath

Snow tallies have continued to increase this month. We had about 1.7" overnight Friday and then another 5" or thereabouts on Saturday evening. Snow totals on the ground range from 7-10", with most of the bottom part of that "snow" a hard, crusty ice from last weekend's ice storm. Below are some images from NIU and DeKalb -- shot on Sunday morning the day after the snow blanketed the area.

Click for radar animation of heavy snowfall moving through DeKalb.

I love this type of frame in the early morning.

Rural DeKalb -- corn fields are now snow fields.

From left-to-right: Grant Towers, Zulauf Hall, Holmes Student Center, Founders Library

From left-to-right: Holmes Student Center, Founders Library, Altgeld Hall, Davis Hall, Faraday Hall West.

Davis Hall.

Altgeld and Lowden Halls.

Altgeld Hall.

Davis Hall.

12/12/2007 - Aftermath of Ice Storm

A couple pics the morning after an ice storm dropped 0.25-0.75" of freezing rain on DeKalb. The snow on the ground from a previous storm developed an amazingly thick crust (and gleam) due to the freezing rain. I like these two pics of the tree because the ice-covered branches look like fireworks in the early morning light.

10/13-21/2007 Lake Tahoe/Yosemite/Reno NWA Meeting

I've finally had some time to sit down and sort through my photos of my trip to Reno, NV for the National Weather Association meeting. Enjoy.

Sunrise from my first morning in Reno. From Circus Circus Casino looking south.

Overlooking Mono Lake along the CA/NV border with the California Sierra to the right.

Lake in Yosemite.

Yosemite Forest.

Burn scar in Yosemite.

Moonrise over controlled burn (background) and older burn (foreground) scar in Yosemite.

Smoke from the controlled burn filling Yosemite Valley.

"Ghostly" tree near the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite.

Yosemite Valley with Half Dome in the back.

Half Dome from Glacier Point at sunset. Smoke to the right is from the controlled burn.

Nevada shoreline of Lake Tahoe (looking northwest).

Overlooking Lake Tahoe from Nevada side (looking south).

Bear (center) in Yosemite.

Monolith in Yosemite.

Smokey haze and granite in Yosemite.

What most of Nevada looks like (from the air).