January 5th Snow Stretches Across Northern US

A strong clipper system occurred yesterday through the upper Mississippi Valley region to the upper Ohio Valley and into the Mid-Atlantic states. This clipper produced snow in the aforementioned area. Some places in Iowa received up to 7″ of snow throughout the day on Monday. The January 5th snow was a very cold, dry snow, meaning not a lot of moisture had to be in place for accumulations due to the cold air mass.

Snowfall reports across Iowa as of 9pm, max of 7″ within swath of 5″+ from NW-SE. #IAwx pic.twitter.com/YS1yQ3DWbE

— Jayson Prentice (@SeverePlains) January 6, 2015

The storm then took shape over central and northern Indiana where as much as 7″ was measured.

7″ of snow in Frankton as of 6:45am. #INwx

— John Dissauer (@johndissauer) January 6, 2015

Thanks! RT @MyObservationWX: @johndissauer 7:00am Measured 5.8″ at my location in Westfield (169th & Carey Rd) pic.twitter.com/NSjyWsgaHf

— John Dissauer (@johndissauer) January 6, 2015

RT @Mattygizme: @NWSIndianapolis 6.1″ here in Westfield between sr 32 & 38 measured on board in wide open pic.twitter.com/T5bQcw3yth

— NWS Indianapolis (@NWSIndianapolis) January 6, 2015

TRAFFIC ALERT: Jackknifed semi still causing delays on I-65 NB at US-52 in #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/o3QxYNP96a

— Traffic Authority (@indy_traffic) January 6, 2015

The storm most notably impacted Washington DC this morning as traffic came to a halt in most locations. As much as 5″ fell on the outskirts of Washington DC. However, 3-4″ fell in Washington DC. 

@NWS_BaltWash shows heaviest snowfall was in west-east band north VA – D.C.- along US 50 in MD pic.twitter.com/IoctCkKsc0

— WeatherBug (@WeatherBug) January 6, 2015

oops – RT @ArlingtonVaPD: We do not recommend parking like this! #snow #accidents pic.twitter.com/hMzLsfWpO0

— Ari Sarsalari (@AriWeather) January 6, 2015

Rock Creek Park from Taft Bridge. pic.twitter.com/bNLCoPEn1S

— Ian Livingston (@islivingston) January 6, 2015

Just like Birmingham 1.28.14 “@MikeTheYeti: 66 East by Manassas. Parking lot. @capitalweather pic.twitter.com/xtf3lMp5WA”

— James Spann (@spann) January 6, 2015

Some light snow may be possible across Kentucky tonight, but accumulations, if any, will be minor.