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  1. michaelmantis
    Nicest flakes of this storm (and season) so far. Now just need that dry slot around Joliet to fill in. 2-3 hours of this and I’ll be happy. Will see what the morning brings!
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    Am I seeing the radar returns right in N IL? Looks like the snow is just drying up around I-88 over the last hour.
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    I'm smack dab in the middle of the "too far west in NE IL for the extra 2-4 Lake enhancement" and too close to the lower amounts in DeKalb! Now that the flakes are falling, thanks so much for all the updates the last week or so on this. Love having some insight into how this thing is forecasted by the professionals. Let it snow!!!
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    My uneducated now-cast for NIL is going to be "enough snow to justify bringing out the snow blower" and "enough to go sledding". Happy just to get a few inches to cover up the few week old icy mess! Enjoy everyone!
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    At least with this one I don’t have to wait for your “here comes the rain again” post... ;-) Any more detail or background to how this is changing?
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    Are there any specific maps or charts that focus in the lake effect side of things separately from the main event (know they are really all combined). Asking as I’m in far NE Kane county in IL and there are times the lake enhancement even helps us out here around 30 miles from the lakeshore.
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    As posted by others, timing seems to be the bigger impact vs. double digit amounts. For most in N IL, this will be the biggest impacting system in 2 years so props to the NWS for not being sticklers to the “warning criteria”. Regardless of the totals going from 15 to 8 to 6 or others in between the fact that there was a good idea of the storm location days in advance is the biggest win in my layman’s view.
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    Awesome... ;-) Hopefully cooler heads prevail and everyone chills out on the track for 24ish hours until this thing becomes more clear... Whole bunch of people are potentially in the money, we all have bingo cards with 4 in a row, just waiting on that 5th number. Some will win, someone will lose. Give me 2 inches of totally frozen precip vs all the mess storms we've had in N IL thus far and I'm a happy man. Happy Friday everyone!
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    I'm going to mute this thread until the 4 PM forecast and AFD updates as the roller coaster of the snow maps where I'm at (N IL) is just too much! ;-)
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    Love your AFD details, they are the highlight of my 4 PM each day when a potential storm is out there. All I want is a storm with nothing liquid falling from the sky, it's a simple wish. Looking forward to the future updates. You rock.
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    Just hit 32 in my backyard. Freezing line looks to be a bit north than LOT initially forecasted (infamous I-88 line). Now just an inch or two of backside snow to cover the icy slop would be nice. At some point this winter we will have a fully frozen storm in the N IL region!
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    Radar trends down south don’t look so hot for us either...
  13. michaelmantis
    Freezing rain coming down now. Few miles north of me (based on traffic cams) snow coming down in McHenry county. 1/4 of icy glaze on driveway and untreated surfaces.
  14. michaelmantis
    Not sure where in McHenry county you are but I'm 3 miles south of I90 on Randall Road and every tree has ice on it still, branches (and Christmas lights) totally encapsulated in ice. This next storm setup looks to be similar to the last one, minor temp differences and precip types/intensity may vary over a relatively short distance.
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    I was just looking out the window and thought the same exact thing. There is still a glaze as well as branches covered in ice. The lack of sun and wind has meant nothing has knocked off. If temps stay marginal and turns out extreme N IL gets ice and not snow that could get bad pretty quickly.
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    Almost 4 inches here with the backside round coming into NE IL now. I got my Christmas wish of being able to go sledding tomorrow with my daughter. An ice glaze will only make it more interesting! ;-)
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    I’m right near the snow cutoff in north central IL. Hopefully that line over the MS river moves on in quickly. Measured a 2-3 from the first band that started a bit after 4 PM.
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    I come back here every winter for yes the forecasting insights but mainly for the GIF commentary and Eurythmics references... Just need some sledding snow so I can take my daughter out over her winter break!!! Hope everyone is doing well!!!
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    Wow. The radar along the IL/MO border blew up in the last 90 minutes! LOT calling for some heavy rain in Chicago, where is that supposed to be developing from? Change of seasons are just crazy. Denver’s 95 to Snow in 24 hours and the hottest temp ever recorded in the U.S. Insanity.
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    Agreed here too... Wasn’t much but there are odd bits every few minutes with very strong gusts and trees go crazy...
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    Main band passed. Wasn’t all that bad. Back end is much windier...
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    Same here (about 15 miles East of you) looks like low clouds obscuring anything...
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    Not liking this one as it is out there staking 35 miles from my house... The extended winds are very concerning.
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    Missed this action to the north by about 40 miles. Saw some videos/audio with the constant thunder. Great storms for those who got them but much of that area in central IL didn't need more rain.
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    LOT just updated the WSW for Chicago to reflect the following wording
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