Tens of millions under winter storm watches ahead of weekend nor'easter

On Thursday morning meteorologists continued to pour over all available forecast model data to be able to provide more details regarding the expected timing and effects of the weekend winter storm for the East Coast.

Less than two days before the start of the storm, local National Weather Service offices put up Winter Storm Watches to begin outlining what to expect.

The suite of forecast models were still not in agreement on the track of the storm, leading to a still wide range of expected snowfall totals. The uncertainty around...