I'm in the process of updating this visualization to include other useful info. But anyway here is the lake effect potential for midnight tonight.
Values generally between 14 and 18. So the potential for some fairly hefty showers but probably nothing thundery (20C+ usually required). Possibly something a bit more interesting by the time we get to the weekend though on those very cold northerly winds...
No reds or yellows though unfortunately. You can still get thundersnow if all the other factors are good (sheer, fetch, inversion level) which they are, so if anything this is probably an underestimation. Also ofc if you get a feature that changes things as usual.
Originally Posted by: Quantum