18z HRRR dropping 16-17 inches in lake county near lake michigan no way its right but can always dream. It was way to high for the last storm with additional lake enhancement/lake effect.
At first i thought the 8-12 map was from early but it is time stamped 3:20 CST. No where in the forecast discussion or zone forecasts does it state 8-12. Has to be wrong .
yep pretty much every other model has at least 1 inch of precip with our friend the GFS para printing 1.6 for downtown Chicago. Doesnt hurt to start conservative and increase as we get closer I guess.