Rarely does such a powerful, blockbuster winter storm nearly sneak up on the most populous urban corridor in the US. But that’s what happened this weekend.
As of Friday, forecast models still disagreed on whether the Northeast blizzard would be a blockbuster for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. It wasn’t until Saturday morning that the models really started to align on it being of potentially historic magnitude — and even then, there was still far more uncertainty than normal.
From that time onward, meteorologists were hammering on the forecast, increasing snowfall totals, wind speeds and the overall threat level to make sure people knew the seriousness of what was coming in less than 48 hours.