Gordon Barnes was a TV met on Channel 2 in NY, and News Radio 88, back in the 60s into the mid-70s. At least once per winter, his morning radio discussion would be about the weak sauce storm coming out of the TN Valley, and maybe we would get an inch or so. Then in his afternoon update, he would tell us the storm is exploding off the Delmarva "like dropping dry ice in a Martini". His forecast would then call for 4-8 in the city and CT (meaning lower Fairfield County), 2-4 north and west, with 8-12 over central Jersey and eastern LI.
I really miss those wild surprises. At the risk of sounding like the Unabomber, I prefer the pre-technology days when it comes to weather.