I would take the 12z ECM Thursday 5" snow with .20" freezing rain- that on top of what will be about 9" of pure sleet density solid ice pack after the rain tonight. The pack would be tank armor.
I had .80" for January and was saved from my least snowy on the 31st with snow from the GD1 storm how did you manage 1" snow cover the last 10 days of January?
Thing about an ice storm is experienced countless 28-32F moderate rain ice events and none were eventful, take temps 25 and below for significant ice accrual.
Thames has frozen over the first time in 60 years, and there's pics of snow in Scotland almost as impressive as north Japan in winter. The clear winners of the SSW event early January is the UK.
Started off February rocking with a B to an A+ storm depending on location, and a two week outlook that was OFF THE HOOK GREAT LOOKING. What has happened since? Performed at the extreme low end snow potential guidance envelope, and the best the third week can offer is an ice storm of some kind.