This one could turn out to be interesting and some locales could cash in with some pretty good snow. This system seems fairly weak and with the cold air in place it will be hard for warm air to overtake this HP in place.
Looking better with these 12z runs so far. Was getting a little worried here in the western burbs of Chicago but with the recent SE trends it doesn't look half bad. SE trend is also helping other areas of this Sub.
Was actually talking about immediate city/downtown as there was a little improvement there. As far as movement it did trend SE from most of the other models today.
Yep, not sure what influence the lake is going to have in the downtown/city area. Wrapping in the lake moisture will make for a tough forecast in this area with lake temps in the 30's I believe.
The lake warm waters could also be concerning with the lack of true artic air. Places close to the lake could see more rain than snow I would think in this setup unfortunately.