You don't start a day 6 thread with this kind of statement:
"...it is likely we are looking at a New England blizzard, with the potential to become a historic blizzard (top 10 all time) in the Boston area."
This is what I responded to, not your editorializing now:
"The magic recipe for threats beyond 5 days out.
1) Analyze the guidance/potential
2) Add a dash more of -PNA.
3) Mix in better Canada/NATL region
4) Realism/Skepticism because it is beyond 5 days out.
5) Avoid emotions.
6) Mix together and you have a tasty dish of objectivity. Voila."
Most of us have no problem with you highlighting these la la land snow maps, but being the realists we are, we know how just about all of those have turned out for most this winter. So excuse us if we don't get too excited about 324 hr snow maps.
We tried to tell 'em. This winter should have taught us that day 8-9 snow threats most likely are not going to pan out. As I've said, when the threat gets to within day 5 some of us will be more interested.
What's surprising this winter is that there haven't been more jumpers.
We had D6 threats earlier this winter season that didn't work out. So when the threat gets to within D5 maybe some of us will take more of an interest.
Neither was the 0z GFS. Just cutter after cutter after cutter.
I'm thinking of running the snowblower out of gas after having started it up in December. No sense having stale gas in it that will prevent starting when I really need it. A blizzard will probably show up on the next run after I do that.
At least with a clipper we could follow whether we will get a redevelopment over or just S of LI for some enhancement. We can't even fire up a thread for that these days.