So our brush with near-record warmth is in the books, a soaking rain is on the way for Wednesday, so why am I suddenly worried about snow? Well, the new computer runs are coming in and presenting an alarming solution for the Friday night and Saturday period... ergo, Valentine's Day. Can anybody say February 14th, 1990? It's too early to start thinking about abandoning cars on Lake Shore Drive again, but what looked like a whimsical refresher on winter heading into the weekend may become a much larger headache. A storm system now crashing into the Pacific Northwest is going to move into the Plains later this week, and forecasters from Nebraska, through Kansas and east into Missouri and Iowa are already on alert for 6+" accumulations. Where that swath moves next will determine whether the Chicago area gets plastered with 6-10" of holiday snow, or points farther downstate end up being buried in Cupid's frozen wrath.
Mike
