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I know I’m being greedy at this point but I just can’t help it. Probably could’ve gotten away with driving to and from work today!

Not even a flurry now—I knew there’d be some tight gradients across Cook and possibly within the city, but damn. Birds have even started chirping outside of my office because they think the coast is clear now

Okay this is getting ridiculous, still nothing more than a flurry in about 3 hours...

Still hardly a flurry here—looks like I’m stuck squarely between the two established bands lol

Yeah it’s been coming down very lightly here in the IL Medical District (just south of 290) for the last hour or so. Hoping things pick back up before too long.

Point and click with a modest 9-19” now

Woohoo! I was just about to ask my roomies what it looked like at our apartment (Wicker Park). WWA would seem like a good idea at this point even if solely based on impact—I just drove to UIC from the Loop and it was a little dicey.

Is it just me, having grown up in North Carolina where the potential for an inch of snow is breaking news a week in advance, or are the local news outlets in Chicago not giving this storm nearly enough attention?

It was absolutely ripping as it passed over me in the UIC area about an hour ago, with well-treated main streets getting covered almost instantly. I just got home (about 5 miles NW of the Loop) and it looks like we’ve picked up almost 6” so far—definitely frustrating to have the heavier synoptic stuff stay just north earlier and now the lake effect go just south, but it is what it is!

Really hoping this band can push just a little more south and at least get MBY in the West Town area in on the action, if not even more south to UIC where I’m at work. Gonna be tragic if we miss out on most of today’s action by just a few miles....

Already almost an inch on the ground and still coming down pretty good here in Nauvoo, IL (right across the Mississippi from the southeast corner of Iowa) even though the NWS point and click now says only an inch total for the whole day. My girlfriend and I are here in a cabin on the river for a little vacation away from Chicago, so this is my first real snow of the season

This is my fourth year in Lorain County and the cutoff between here and places just to the east in terms of LES accumulations still amazes me. We're forecasted for a run-of-the-mill 2-5" between today and Wednesday, while Cleveland (just 30 miles to the east) is slated for 10-18"!

The LES shaft job continues for the southern half of Lorain Co. The worst part is that areas to the west are even getting some of the Huron banding right now--salt in the wound.

Oberlin of course missed this morning's LES by only about 5 miles, but I'm optimistic that the Huron band can make up for it later today.

Got ~0.5" in total since yesterday and it's all but melted over the last few hours.

Hoping this thing can shift south just the slightest bit--I'm probably less than a mile south of 1-2"/hour rates right now getting nothing.

got ~3" this morning, plus an inch last night

Getting dumped on under a nice band that looks to be training over this area. Nice surprise to wake up to! Edit: Essentially white-out conditions right now, even without any wind. Pretty rare treat for those of us east of CLE!

Picked up a quick 2-3" this morning when the band raced through. Definitely only a fraction of what folks nearby got, but I'm very satisfied nonetheless!

CLE: .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... The upper trough will move east of the area tonight with the coldest air of the past couple of weeks descending over the area. 850 mb temps will dip to neg 11 or colder by 12z Sunday and eventually to around neg 14 during the day. Winds will become favorable for lake effect to resume overnight. Forecast soundings still showing some shear and moisture isn`t all that great. See no need for any headlines at this point and will continue with 2 to 4 inches tonight and a couple more Sunday over NW PA. The models are also hinting at a Lake Michigan band possibly getting set up over the secondary snowbelt by early Sunday. Will go with likely or better precip chances that area but will keep accums down to an inch or two for now.

I feel ya buddy!

Returns are really lighting up over Lorain county right now. Is this due to lake enhancement? (please excuse my ignorance)

We can only keep our fingers crossed at this point...

Do you think Lorain County will be able to get in on some of the action? Always a razor sharp cutoff between Lorain and Cuyahoga...

Major bust here in Oberlin too--only around 2" total from last night and this morning.