Weather Forecasting: What the Pros Say

From the latest Forecast Discussion for our area (emphasis added):

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
*** A PLOWABLE SNOW POSSIBLE LATE SAT INTO EARLY SUN ***

FRIDAY...
DRY BUT BLUSTERY WEATHER AS GALE CENTER OVER THE MARITIMES KEEPS
PGRAD TIGHT OVER NEW ENGLAND. SEASONABLY COLD WITH HIGHS IN THE
30S.

SATURDAY...
THIS IS WHERE THE DRAMA BUILDS AS THE NEW 00Z ECMWF GOES BONKERS
WITH EXPLOSIVE CYCLOGENESIS SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND. AT 06Z SUN THE
ECMWF AS A 972 LOW OVER THE 40N/70W BENCHMARK AND FURTHER BOMBING
TO ABOUT 959 MB JUST SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA 18Z SUN! THIS RAPID
DEEPENING GENERATES QPF OFF THE CHARTS WITH STORM TOTAL OF 2+
/LIQUID/ OVER CAPE COD!

OBVIOUSLY WE DON/T WANT TO CHASE A SINGLE DETERMINISTIC MODEL RUN AT
THIS TIME RANGE /STILL 60+ HRS OUT/...BUT EVEN THE 00Z ENSEMBLES
GEFS & ECENS HAVE TRENDED STRONGER AND CLOSER TO THE COAST. ALTHOUGH
NOT NEARLY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE ECMWF. UKMET ALSO LENDS SOME SUPPORT
TO THE STRONGER EC. HOWEVER BIG BUST POTENTIAL HERE AS SHORT WAVE
ENERGY MAY NOT PHASE UNTIL EAST OF OUR LONGITUDE...THUS TOO LITTLE
TOO LATE IS ALSO A PLAUSIBLE OUTCOME.

Read the full discussion here.  Who says you can’t have a sense of humor and still be 100% serious about your subject matter.  “GOES bonkers”?  That cracks me up.