I also live in the NEastern US in upstate NY. As I listen to the rain, sleet, freezing rain fall out the window and type this I have to laugh. I teach weather to my students as part of the curriculum. We, THEY try to predict "SNOW DAYS". I always hear them on wunderground.com looking up the weather maps and argueing, "no she said you have to have atleast 4 L's. Ha Ha

Last friday at school I put on the blackboard "Snow Day Tomorrow".

They slowly caught on - "Hey - tomorrows Saturday there isn't school"

My reply, "If I have to start up the snowblower it's a snow day to me."