To this point (borrowing from someone way more knowledgeable than I, who I have followed for years)
https://twitter.com/blizzardof96/status/1630565498705309697?t=dvCYHzAJ5mHNQKUYQtNyfA&s=19
Why all the pessimism? I would think being in the crosshairs on the gefs, cmce, eps and having the NAM as a NW outlier (as always) would be great for NIL?
Crazy amount of convection shown on the 0z Icon. If any of these solutions come to fruition you have to assume thundersnow and thundersleet in the cold sector.
Going to be interesting if the cutoff is near us. Might get 6"+ while the metro gets much less. Oof more like Northern burbs into Lake county get it good while central Cook and South are unlucky.
Steady snow here with dendrites growing larger since 10 minutes ago. Coated sidewalks instantly. Looks like this first band will continue drifting North so hoping the radar fills in more southwest of here.
For the crazy SREF watchers, going to get a LOL worthy run at 21z. Going to be interesting if by some miracle the American models end up being correct about a stronger more NW storm.