The day before the Blizzard of 96 -- "it will not be a significant event in the Allentown area," and "even for Philadelphia it doesn't look like it will be a terribly heavy snowfall" -- then 25" to 35", LOL!   Why would a meteorologist ever say something like that given the complete unpredictability of the weather -- heck the mathematical term "chaos" even came about by studying the weather!!!