I know it's the 18Z NAM but man oh man! If that ever came to for wishing, we would be in a major coastal blizzard of the Boston Area including surrounding suburbs. Very serious and damaging storm. Talking about a complete shutdown. Bet people would still try to go to work in the morning end up being trapped on the interstates. Insane!
The so-called Messenger Shuffle occurred and the storm center went further east than initially forecasted. Stopped it from really being a true all-timer.
I was just about to say the same thing. The configuration of that "Mean" Snowfall area distribution looks like a '78 situation in Eastern Mass although I use that example loosely. Not a prediction of this storm on my part of coursé.
Close but not quite in the final quantity. In the that 1978 analysis the 1.5" was the equivalence around 23.0" of snow due to ratios which they stated was a crude estimate at the time but one should get the point. The Cape got less in that due to the track and dry slought of the storm.
Always the toughest part of the forecast will be where the heaviest banding actually sets up. It can sometimes take it all the way to the day the storm starts to see how they really end up. They can surprise many people. Models do have a tough time with these mesoscale placement features.
I know. The banding is getting further Northwest into the Boston area, North shore, South Shore and Surrounding suburbs. Generally, the very heart of our viewing area. Excellent look. Very classic Coastal Bomb.