Can't recall such a long stretch of winter when there's no strong systems really anywhere outside the northwest. Even the long-range globals have given up inventing bombs. It's like the atmosphere is starved or something.
Western Mass is a solid upslope location following departing lows or from upper-air impulses. With the weekend system long gone, are this week's very persistent snows because of the juicier Pac air carried on west winds?
Meteorological turd in the punchbowl -- though that thing is moving all about on the models. It's unlikely, but maybe shove it far enough west and/or south, and it has a positive effect on the southern system. CMC 12z vs. 0z.