I don’t think it will be as bad as you think. With a lot of sleet well north that will cut down snow amounts and the strong winds will prevent it from stacking before it flips to sleet. Would not be tossing the NAM.
Primary is now cutting to Chicago instead of Huron. That farther west cut may actually help the trend colder. A cut farther east would flood 925 more readily. Not that it helps SNE, but it may up north