When storms bomb and bundle all their energy, the usually make left turns and head poleward (at least winter storms make left turns...hurricanes make right turns and recurve poleward). For me, I will be watching the SPC mesoanalysis page and the HRRR come game time and watch where the main SLP is forming, how many other lows to the east are vying for attention and energy, and go from there. If the main low starts bombing close to the coast off of GA and SC, it will not escape out to sea and will be a big hit for many.
One thing to note when looking at the 500mb charts, there is not a whole lot of confluence to the north to shunt the storm and suppress it, but there isnt any real blocking either to slow the flow and allow this to "wait" and phase. The southern stream is progressive and the timing has to be virtually perfect to let the northern branch capture the storm and explode it northwestward. This is one of the more trickiest timing storms to track in a long time.