It's tiring reading the back and forth about starting a thread vs not starting a thread.  Who cares.  There's no such thing as a jinx and even though the models have been performing poorly at this range this year, it's fine to discuss a storm in a dedicated thread.  Maybe it happens, maybe it doesn't but if it doesn't it's not bc a thread was started.  The pattern doesn't look ideal for a big storm but who knows! Enjoy all the ups and downs of tracking a possible event.  This forum is supposed t