I live in NYC and my average is 26 inches. I had just 2 inches the whole winter last year.
I miss the winters of 2000 when I was getting 40+ continously.
Just like the models showed a really good pattern , models in the long range should be taken with a grain of salt.
Heck , the models have a hard time getting a storm right 5-7 days out.
Everyone was praising a great pattern coming up.