We just missed a HECS a month ago. Our best winter ever (out here) was a Nina. A Nino is not the only path. Although pretty much every path leads to failure here.
I dont want to burst your bubble, but we just had a Nino 2 years ago and we were barely able to record a below freezing overnight low. I think I got like 2".
Mythical apparition that the desperate beleive will appear in the atmosphere above them to deliver them snow when the actual storm is 100 miles east. Some think it may be a relative of Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.
For some reason my Hulu live gives me NBC and CW from NYC / Long Island. Since @dailylurkeris not posting videos I'm watching live coverage and remembering how that used to happen here.