Going to be interesting if the cutoff is near us. Might get 6"+ while the metro gets much less. Oof more like Northern burbs into Lake county get it good while central Cook and South are unlucky.
Steady snow here with dendrites growing larger since 10 minutes ago. Coated sidewalks instantly. Looks like this first band will continue drifting North so hoping the radar fills in more southwest of here.
For the crazy SREF watchers, going to get a LOL worthy run at 21z. Going to be interesting if by some miracle the American models end up being correct about a stronger more NW storm.
I'm sure some of you have seen, but great thread on forecasting.
I've seen several great threads by the Lincoln,IL Twitter account this week so props to them!
Looks like the orientation of the trailing energy that comes onshore will make or break the storm. Looks like that won't make it to the NW until 24-36 hours from now.
Who's now excited to track this Arctic clipper on Christmas that will somehow end up missing the region all together or trend downwards into flurries!?