this has got to be the first time they've predicted a big snow, then said nothing, then came back to the original prediction. It looks like we'll see 3-6 in the region, the models are all starting to shift to the east now per
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/ (updating every 15 minutes tonight).
Blizzard warnings for NYC and boston, 15-20" of snow, white-out conditions, it's going to be very very ugly up there.