The ridge is getting squashed by hour 234 on the eps which has moved up in time from recent runs. It's great news.
People are probably weary because of the pattern are in right now.
Some people are too sensitive and dont want to hear different reasonings. Bluewave is a good poster but he seems a warmnista. Nothing wrong with that though.
Rich Hoffman ( he used to be a meteorologist on News 12 ) had a picture on his facebook about what timeframe NYC sees the most snow and the image did show Jan 20 through March.