This is really 2 systems in quick succession, and instead of having separate threads or no thread at all, I am combining them here. As I have been posting about in the April thread, the first system on Thursday-Friday system has some pretty nice mesoscale banding signals... and indeed, the 00z NAM came in fairly hot.  It is looking increasingly possible that a band of accumulating snow occurs near/north of I-80, with still varying solutions on placement. This system will be followed by