We just had one of the biggest sleet storms ever here, avoided a power nightmare, and looking at a low in the single digits. What happened ain't so bad. It was a winter storm for most of NC and SC just not snow.
Its hard to bet against it right now after the last few storms, but the NBM is also promising and having the Canadian on board helps. I have learned that the GFS is often better at getting fine details closer to events but struggles with large scale at longer leads where previously the Euro and now AIFS and weather next seem to shine.