A snowstorm in winter or something out of season? If it's the latter, early or late?
In winter
Wet snow, dry/fluffy snow, or something in between?
Something in between
Light/calm winds, or windy conditions while it's snowing?
Calm winds
Continuous snow, or do lulls not matter as long as amounts end up as expected?
Either
12" in 12 hours, or 18" occurring over 36 hours?
18" over 36 Hrs.
Bitter temperatures, or just cold enough to stick well during the storm?
Cold, but not bitter
Storms on holidays/your birthday/some other meaningful day, or are dates irrelevant?
Irrelevant
If living in a lake effect area, would you rather have a synoptic or lake effect storm of the same amount?
n/a, although we usually get a couple Lake MI les events down this way most winters which are always fun even if they are only light amounts