I think it makes sense. The same drying trend that took place for us will happen over MI outside of lake effect belts, despite how much they will complain.
The NAM has done well leading the rest of the suite so far, I think it deserves some credence.
Kind of what I was alluding to the other day, the NAM sets up a “sweet spot” so to speak from Des Moines to Dubuque and into Wisconsin. This area gets in on more intense WAA as well as the developing low. I wouldn’t be surprised to see widespread 6”+ totals in central and northeastern Iowa where this sets up.
No clue.
More NAM updates: it is more amplified out west in the DVN CWA, hence the higher totals there. Still lackluster across the majority of Illinois but an improvement from the glorified snow showers on the 6z
So the 12z NAM is hinting at what the SREF was onto (no surprise there) with main WAA more impactful in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, hence higher totals.
That is believable
I’m actually intrigued if this continues, the initial WAA snows should keep drifting south and might be able to save southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois
Yes, I appreciate RC’s context that they were pulled in early. Not a comfortable position to be in but I could see why some CWAs, perhaps less acquainted to these types of systems, wanted to get an early warning out to the public.