Rhetorical question, but has there been 1 storm in the history of mankind where downtown Chicago gets 8", Kenosha gets 1" and Milwaukee gets 11"

My son just ran downstairs to my office as fast as he could. He stops as soon as he gets in the door and says, "Dad, guess what" and then in the most serious face and tone he goes, "There is snowflakes falling". Love making my boys as crazy about the weather as I am. We do in fact have some light snow/flurries going on here as the southern edge of the system just barely scrapes us. Winds are cranking pretty good so it's blowing the snow around everywhere. A little appetizer of what's to come in a few days.

It's not available on weatherbell but pivitolweather has the Graphcast (is this the same thing as AI GFS?)

Hopefully winter in the Rockies gets it together. I have several ski trips planned starting in February and many areas out there are having a record bad start.

Only about 12 more cycles until it's reliable.