I get your being jaded, as we share same weather and like you, i've been at this hobby for over 35 years.
Point I'm making is that while we still may fail, many here can see signs for optimism and didnt need to wait for someone to say so.
Doesnt mean we all win, (and we all know that losing is always the safer bet wrt our precious snow), but unless the bottom drops out, we are in short term, and staring down our first appreciable event and cautious optimism is warranted.
The reasonings why have been shared by some of us for some time now...and are largely ignored/dismissed by others.
On a disco forum, that's the rub for me anyway, and while almost all of us have no formal titles or pins to put on our chest....we still have plenty to offer towards good weather disco and offer info to support our claims...right or wrong. Isn't that what a disco forum is for? While he and others are pretty/really damn good, they are capable of being off....just like the best of the best here and everywhere. Part of the fun for some/many is trying to nail down an event long before it happens, and frankly for me, what I enjoy most. The event is almost anti climactic, as i need to start searching for the next one to hunt and sometimes they are few and far between (2016 and last year come to mind).
Here's to some great nooners.