Yep that's me! Holy shit you remembered the town too. Haha. And yeah I've been an Airforce Meteorologist for the last 7 years. Been quite the journey.
In Germany last winter, we went the entire winter with no measurable snow basically. Everyone typically takes their snow tires off April 1st. On April 2nd, we got an inch of snow. No big deal, but then the following week, we got 7 inches of snow in 3 hours, people stuck on the roads (no snow plows anywhere) and trees down everywhere. Also 5 different occurrences of thundersnow that night. I actually got one on video. Definitely my favorite weather moment.