The Lake may be a Good Friend for our Chitown Folks!! Good point, I haven't really paid attn to that part of the pattern but I also suspect the models are starting to see the timing/phasing of the SW cutoff trough which ALWAYS trends better or worse as you get closer in time. Thankfully, I think this is trending positively instead of negatively for snow enthusiasts on here as we get closer to game time. Now that I flipped through the Euro's last few runs, it clearly is showing better/quicker phasing of the N stream and southern stream over the SW/N Mexico region.

and to top it off..my favorite kind of snowstorm being a frigid one.

Actually got an over-performer with last night delivering ~1.5" (lightweight fluff to be sure). Looks like the rest of the event will be the nearest miss in decades for me as the radar shield is literally right over mby! Cannot make this up, lol

Maybe just enough SER to get those folks some snow. A little phase 7 influence.

There are a ton of members showing the northern extent expanding and gives many on here over the MW and lower lakes a lot to be hopefully for. Gotta see today's 12z runs if this wasn't a fluke run.