hurricanes can go from a cat 1 to a cat 3. this isn't going to get to a 3 but could get to hurricane-force gusts. the american model says 2 inches for new york, maybe a foot for boston and meh. and then the european model that says, there's an awful lot of snow possible, over a foot in all the pink and maybe even 30 in boston. so which one is right? we don't know because technically right now the low that you see here that will be there tomorrow is still in salt lake city. and that's a long drive to get here. but not exactly sure if that low will be 50 miles that way or 50 miles that way. so this is the european model and how we get so much snow along the coast because the low is closer to the coast. the european model, much closer, by about 70 miles where the american model is offshore. this is called the goldilocks. this storm is too hot. this storm is too cold and this storm is just right. here's where the american model is and here's where the european model is and i don't see anything over here that's that close to the shore to make