My wife is amazed at how much the weather can vary across just a few hour’s drive here in The Mitt. My golf buddy just a few miles south of Mackinaw sent me this vid. They got 10” Friday and he’s not even in bliz warning (yet). He said the Mighty Mac bridge has been closed more this winter than the past decade. 7724955218230240357.mp4

48 degrees with a dew point of 27 degrees here. Snow not melting much.

Contrasts...

One of the big winners for sure. You were very close to the southern cutoff like I was. Maximum precip rates riding a fine line between nasty cold rain and a major dump.

I’m talking specifically for what it’s showing in Illinois. I simply don’t buy RFD getting nearly a foot of snow, but maybe something kinda crazy does happen given the extremely complex evolution of this storm.