weather channel meteorologist mike bettes is live in chicago.at they've been waiting for. it's winter, but a big one's coming, right? >> reporter: absolutely. chris, it's been a big snow deficit here in chicago. not even 2 inches for the season. we're easily going to triple that, we think, with the snow that's just now beginning to fall here in chicago. behind me is lake shore drive. very passable this morning. but that may not be the ideal scenario to drive home this evening as very high winds, significant snow is expected here. we are looking for snow in chicago, milwaukee, all the way up into green bay and grand rapids, kalamazoo, our first real big test of the season. and the crews in chicago, the snowplows have been out, they've been doing patrols. ready to drop those plows at a moment's notice and keep this city clean. you might remember last year, chris, during the groundhog day blizzard, lake shore drive, completely impassable. people being rescued in snowmobiles. considering we haven't had much snow this season, this is the first real t