Chicago916

Sorry for opening this debate can of worms lmao. Just curious. I miss the days of huge cutters (either favorable tracks for the Great lakes or cutting west and giving us some warmth). Feels like there's a severe lack of storms from colorado to the Mississippi River lately.

That's all fair, but the pattern itself technically provides the highest ceiling for big dogs on the East Coast? Whether they occur or not is the question or whether they peak offshore. Just not seeing anything that would pull this pattern into one favoring more inland tracks or cutters like panhandle lows or colorado lows.

Excuse any of my ignorance but how is this pattern not an "east coast pattern"? Seems like we're stuck in a NW flow in the middle of the country now and only the East Coast can get lucky when the Sub tropical jet wants to cooperate? So clippers for us and occasional favorable flow for LE (soon to end with lakes freezing though?) Not a good look out West with so much ridging and lack of meaningful mountain snows. Could equate to drought concerns there into Summer without runoff?

So we do this LE again end of week? Looks favorable this side of the lake again interestingly

Super cool https://x.com/i/status/2015442810598531536

Probably a tough case pinning down ratios too right? We were definitely at 5:1 or so at the onset (pixie dust) but significantly higher now in LE. Not sure Kuchara for that matter was showing up to 40:1 regardless of qpf? Looks like Ukie at 12z yesterday had ~ .41 qpf around ORD. So 20:1 full event average would be 8in system total. Not too shabby.

Hell of an overachiever for MKE right? Would think they originally had low accumulations in the forecast. Looks like the main LE band is finally shifting south from there.

Whiteout conditions! Heaviest all winter with fluffy dendrites. Hoping the primary low hangs on longer to keep the NE flow going later. Also looks like the upper trough is aiding in redeveloping snow to the southwest.

Nothing here and I'm right next door lmao in 5 minutes that'll change

Interesting the different shapes to lake effect/lake enhancement. Almost like there's fingers of lake enhanced snow so between the fingers there's virtually no snow.

4-5 inches and still cranking! Should get to 6 with it still snowing and the main LE band still north of here!

Gotta enjoy the single season of Wagler while we have it.

Flakes starting in Avondale

Breaking news: Took 24hr lead time, but trash GFS finally caved to EURO lol

Our friends? Idts.