I thought 3-5 was attainable downtown but I’d backtrack that to 1-3”. Think most of our accumulation will occur after midnight and lake areas may get a boost from lake enhancement/effect around rush hour.
Unfortunate though that ORD will be the “nameplate” for Chicago for this event. It truly is misrepresentative of the actual city.
Just quickly went outside. I’d say it’s about a 70/30 mix rain/snow at the moment in the heart of downtown. Strongest sustained winds i can remember so far this year.
Happy to hear changeover is occurring for you. I’m down on Columbus and Randolph, so imagine it’ll be another hour or so before we start seeing the first flakes fly. Hoping for a full changeover by 10 or 11.
Another scenario where I'm sure Romeoville would love to have Cook county split into two advisory zones. Blizzard conditions possible in northwestern Cook, minor accumulations in the southern part of the county along the Lake.
Fly into Midway tomorrow at 4:30pm. I changed my flight from 1:00am originally for exactly that reason, hoping to get in before the worst of the wind/snow.
I’m inclined to believe the GFS this go around. Each run has been remarkably consistent on the north trend today, and the ensembles are with it. Euro ensembles also shifted northwest a good amount today.
Even the King can fail every once in a while.
While we’ve had some snow in the loop so far this season, nothing sticking unfortunately. Has definitely set the mood the past week, but would have liked at least some accumulation!