Keeping hopes alive, NCEP extended forecast narrative at least has us in the game. Of course, "Mid Atlantic" has many different meanings to us. From NCEP's 2/13 early morning discussion:
THE ACTIVE SOUTHERN STREAM STORM TRACK SETTING UP WILL MEAN A
PERIOD OF GENERALLY WET CONDITIONS FOR AREAS FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD. LOW PRESSURE TRAVERSING THE
SOUTHEAST/SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC ON SAT COULD PRODUCE AN AREA OF
RELATIVELY LIGHT SNOWS NORTH OF THE SYSTEM ACROSS THE
MID-ATLANTIC, WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHEAST. THE NEXT FRONTAL WAVE ON SUN MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN/SNOW TO PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND
SOUTHEAST. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE WESTERN GULF COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL HAVE
ACCESS TO MUCH DEEPER MOISTURE COURTESY OF THE AMPLIFYING TROUGH
TO THE WEST AND SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE EAST, AND THIS SYSTEM
LOOKS TO BE A MAJOR PRECIPITATION PRODUCER. ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS
A LINGERING POLAR FRONT AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
FROM PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND
TENNESSEE VALLEYS LATE MON INTO TUE/WED. COLDER AIR TO THE NORTH
OF THE SYSTEM MAY RESULT IN AN AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM
PORTIONS OF THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC.
CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT
WINTER WEATHER EVENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC ON TUE,
WITH SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN ALL POSSIBLE.