I agree, Harvey seems to get it. Not too high, not too low just about right with a chance of movement north or south depending on future runs. Good job Harvey.
Personally I think with the help of OES Plymouth, MA, and Taunton, MA get hit. Then a nice ribbon over to Providence, RI, Willimantic, CT to Middleton, CT and Danbury, Ct is the best spot for this so far.
One of my worries here really is that the GFS actually catches up with the other models, has the storm go to the 40/70 Benchmark, which is good! But, as the moisture approaches it end up getting eaten quite a bit in the very dry cold air aloft. That is my biggest worry out of this whole thing.
Based on the reading of the BOX from Boston Weather. We need that center to come close or directly over the 40/70 Benchmark to get something good here or we're looking at 3-6" of very dry fluffy snow / pixie dust Boston area and immediate North Shore with a very narrow band of 6-12" on the far South Shore.
That's why even I don't buy it verbatim. Too sharp of a cutoff north and looking solution. Honestly I don't see Lowell, MA getting 16" of fluffy snow here. Maybe 10-11" but in my forecast that's max for that area even with potential fluff factor involved.
A lot of things have changed since then. Yes, we have had a boon in storms but measuring technique has changed, for many newbies, which as everybody knows I despise. There are much more weather spotters, better computer models 24/7, and of course the news which tends to sensationalize what were mostly moderate storms of the past. Moderate meaning old definition: 4-8",5-10", and even 6-12" storms. We had discussion on this board quite a while back.