I think it's hard to really know which model to lean on more these days. GFSv16 looked like it was taking the reins from the old GFS and was weighed more in this event even though the old GFS was more right in the end (at least the way things look now).
98 wasn't a big deal down this way (2008 a different story), but the images of those high-tension power line towers just bent over in half up in Quebec will be remembered.
Temps responding quickly here. Up to 48F now. NAM seemed to cut back on precip in eastern areas, which is fine by me. Now showing a little more than an inch by Saturday morning.
If we have to deal with the grinch, just hoping that front doesn't stall so we limit rain and basement flooding. The GFS looked like it had most of the precip overnight and into the morning, done by the afternoon, which might not be too bad.