If ONLY!
I'll take my chances at 24"+ near Mason Dixon line, DC can have their 2" rain at 33F!
Nothing is worse than snow to sleet to ZR. Snow or bust. And fluffy stuff at 15"+ per 1" liquid. Slop is bad too.
White Christmas would be a real treat. Imagine if Jan 23, 2016 was December 24, 2023. Grass covered by nightfall, wake up to thunder with a foot on the ground and by the time ham/turkey comes out of oven the death bands are still cranking with upwards of three feet on the ground. Boxing day is crisp in the lower 20s and everything is just buried. Everywhere. A Knickerbocker class storm on Christmas day. That would be one to remember for life. For now it's just a (distant) dream.