Hoar_Frost

Find the cold front.

Though the amount of snow that's likely to fall in Illinois and Wisconsin, and possibly Indiana and Michigan, appears that it will be reduced compared to what guidance suggested yesterday, I think trying to do "verification" on a feature 48 to 72 hours before it has even happened seems a bit misplaced. I think some of this commentary would be more valid if, come Friday evening, only a couple of inches of snow, in fact, fell. Since I'll be up in the Fox Valley, I am hoping for a lot of snow, so the recent model trends are just as disappointing to me as they are to many of the rest of you. Just to be clear...

Even a couple of inches of snow with such high winds during a high-impact holiday travel period in a city that is home to one of the busiest airports in the country will cause many problems. If one of the snowier solutions plays out, that'll just exacerbate those problems. I can understand why LOT is hitting it hard early.

I'm back to living in the Midwest as of earlier this month after about 10 years away (Pennsylvania then Florida then Pennsylvania again). I live in downtown Lafayette, Indiana, and am working as a climatologist and data programmer for the Midwestern Regional Climate Center at Purdue University. We had some wind gusts to 40 mph and a good 75 minutes of moderate to heavy rain. There seemed to be a lot of dust suspended in the outflow ahead of it, which I found interesting considering that it rained last night.

I agree. I suppose we'll see what the next shift at CTP does.

This is only tangentially related to the storm, but the point forecast for State College for tonight's low temperature, 5 degrees, if it verifies, would be the lowest temperature here since 2 February 2019.

2.1" so far (as of 2:30 PM) at my place in the Park Forest section of State College. +SN at the moment, visibility ~1/5 mile.