SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Yesterday morning had everything we look for in a blizzard scenario, blustery conditions and heavy snow causing low visibility, but did it last long enough to be considered a blizzard?
The most important qualification for a blizzard is how long that conditions need to last, sustained or gusty winds above 35 mph, visibility lower than or at a quarter mile for at least three hours.
So, did we hit those points? Sadly no, when we had gusty conditions, visibility was still above a mile in South Bend, and when we had low visibility thanks to freezing fog, we had lower winds.
One of the biggest objectives going against us was the less than significant snowfall, if we had heavier snow, we could have seen all the conditions line up and we could have had another Christmas blizzard.
We likely didn’t even meet the qualifications for a winter storm, snowfall was yes, impactful, but accumulation was a bit too low.