How can Accuweather claim that this system will be a "perfect storm" like event for the Eastern Seaboard this earlier in the game, when the models are all over the place on it's track (and some even on it's intensity)

If it takes a more Westward track then it'll be mainly a rain event, if on the other hand it takes a more Eastward track it could be big snowfall totals even for the big cities along the immediate coastline. I personally think it might be the biggest storm of the season at the very least, but I could very well be wrong. I would suggest we wait for at least another day, or even two, to get a better handle on this thing before people declare it the next "Superstorm". It might turn out that way, but it just as easily might not.
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