Looking back to autumn, and I would never draw any long-term conclusions based on a single storm, but....
It's interesting how the modeled "nor'easter" of 10/12 turned into a non-event in these parts. Yes, the shore got hit and experienced heavy beach erosion. But that storm seems to have tipped winter's hand -- big, wrapped up storm modeled in the LR only to become less impactful as we move up to game time.