February stormchase?

This graphical forecast from the GFS 228 hour projection shows a strong low pressure system steaming eastward, with the Mid-Atlantic - northern Virginia specifically - firmly in the warm sector. A bit of instability is also indicated in other views. It must be realized, however, that forecasts this far out are "wishcasts". Stormchasers afflicted with SDS (supercell deprivation syndrome) can succumb to flights of fantasy while gazing at such depictions. However, such long-range forecasts do provide an indication of broad weather patterns, and it certainly looks like our pattern might be changing from the January deep-freeze into more of an early spring stormy phase. We'll see!