new gig has me managing snow removal operations throughout the midwest for a national snow removal firm. Headed to Wisconsin today and if necessary Ohio next week. If the snow won't come to me I'll come to it. I'll provide real pics of what snow on the ground looks like for my friends in Chicago....snow piles,even, maybe
observation: The Milwaukee NWS office has perhaps the most bland AFD write ups I have ever seen. Perhaps it's from being mesmerized by staring out the window at the palm trees in the perpetual 33 and cloudy climate of their tropical paradise.
I'm not sure your area was ever in the game here. But a torch for the Wednesday/ Thursday time period is an exaggeration per your current forecast. Slightly above average with a good chance of rain might be more realistic,
your local forecast:
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
RAIN IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN LIKELY WITH
SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. LOWS IN THE
MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT.
THURSDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
The guy with the green grass better get the tarp out. Metro Chicago headed, if lucky, for a 1-2" thump followed by drizzle and white slush balls falling from tree limbs. Sadly, if you like winter, this is a huge improvement.