The cold is the issue. It's too cold. Pressing down and drying our precip up. Of course, I sit better than you do overall for the season, so its easy for me to say "its not big deal, snow is snow and I'll take what I can get"
But I get why you're not happy with it, so I hope it works out for you. I would be willing to forgo any snow in my area, if it means you see 5"