It looks like we will finally have snow on the ground next week since all the globals thus far agree on that. No guarantee, though, and the king could be the fly in the ointment. We'll see soon.
This reminds me of the Jan 30 2010 event that hit the mid-Atlantic region while attending the 125th Blue Hill Observatory anniversary. Kocin and Uccellini were wondering if they would get back into Baltimore, while we were sucking exhaust here in arctic cold from that one.
Jerry is the only one cleaning up on the 25-26th. Chicago's last 3" snow was in Feb last year, and its last 6" snow was in April 2018. Nice timing there.
Some people call Earth the "Goldilocks planet." It's not too hot (like Venus), and not too cold (like Mars), it's just right! And no amount of climate change is going to alter that fact. We humans can adapt.