I think the problem this winter is no sustained cold air. Minneapolis has the snowiest February ever. So that jet stream is not staying south while we precipitate resulting a warmer solution like snow to rain or just rain. We need a nice +PNA trough to get that sustained block from storms cutting into the lakes.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/weather/2019/02/22/its-snowiest-february-record-minneapolis-blizzard-could-hit-this-weekend/