When snow is in the forecast like it is this weekend, the first thing everyone wants to know is: How much am I going to get where I live?

We field these questions from readers all the time. And, like with our incoming first significant lake-effect snowfall of the season, it really does depend on which part of the state you live in. Our state is so big: Two peninsulas, touched by four of the five Great Lakes. Those things all factor into the snow forecast.

So we want you to check out the Probabilistic Precipitation Portal, an experimental forecast mapping system used by the National Weather Service which shows you how much snow will fall in different areas of the state.

The NWS is touting the portal in the lead-up to our two-part weekend storm. Its colorful map shows the forecasted snow

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