Time will tell what happens this winter.

It's been a dry summer, especially across southeastern Massachusetts.

Another worry is that the storm drains are clogged with leaves, so there could be urban flooding.

We had a mild pattern. The cold air that usually comes down from Canada stayed put. We [in Boston] are influenced by a lot of different patterns, and they converged to give us a warm January.

Energy and moisture from Hurricane Wilma was fed into the nor'easter helping to intensify it.