If you want to read about the possibilities of snow around December 22'nd, and a epic winter after that, check out this professional weather prognosticator.
http://dtwxrisk.blogspot.com/ David Tolleris is a contrairian, and a flamer, but is willing to change his mind the moment the data points in a new direction. He gets very deep into weather models, analogs and sea temperatures. A great blog that I think has been mentioned elsewhere in this forum.