Still looks like a high end advisory event for most. Disappointing given what was progged but not a terrible result. Just reset expectations and you’ll be happy tomorrow
I think that’s a thing of the past. Pretty sure 18z runs especially at this range are as good as anything.
There’s no change for me to my call of 5-8” with locally 10” in best lake enhancement. You tend to see a drying trend especially with these less dynamic systems around 48-60 hours from an event. If you look to the east in northern Virginia and DCA, exactly this happened before gradually adding back some moisture in the past 12 hours.
It’s been a pretty clear move drier in the OP models the past couple cycles. This latest move is more exaggerated than the others. It’s ultimately not that surprising and reinforces the need to rely on the lake for bigger totals
Euro continues to be more generous with the moisture but the overall set up is similar. It shows a widespread 4-8” and similar to the CMC, is picking up on a local maximum in Cook and Lake counties, the result of lake enhancement
These are set ups where lake enhancement overperforms for NE Illinois so I’m cautiously optimistic of someone pulling 6” even if moisture is relatively lacking
This is looking more like a widespread moderate 3-5” type event but I’m here for it. Will be the best event of the season here and a promising pattern on its heels.