I'm convinced its just engineered/baked into the physics of the season..no matter what the models show past day 6..it will devolve into a less snowy outcome. easy money. Maybe it's Tip's Hadley Cell barking
WInter was a D- here, could easily argue F though. Aside from a week in Feb where it felt and looked like winter, it was mostly dreadful.
Edit. The more I think about it, screw this winter. F