As a graduate student in the Atmospheric Sciences at SUNY Albany, we were taught many "rules of thumb" that had been developed over the years. Two that come to mind are "Henry's Rule" and "Rosenbloom's Law," both of which have to do with the movement of low pressure systems. Most of my NWS forecaster colleagues are well aware of these "laws."
However, there is one law that almost no one knows. It's called "Meyer's Law." It was actually developed by a contemporary of mine when I was in Albany. Mike Meyer (no relation to the guy who played Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers films) was an undergrad in the Meteorology program while I was a grad student. One day, he came to me and said that he had developed a rule that seemed to work well. He said that it seemed to him, that after a significant snowstorm, there wouldn't be another one until most, if not all, of the snow from the first storm had melted. Silly as it seems, over the years, Meyer's Law seems to work more often than not (although I admit there is no scientific proof that this is, in fact, the case).
So now that all the snow on the ground in Connecticut has melted, Meyer's Law says it's time for another snowstorm. And, as I write this entry, it's snowing outside, and we're expecting 4-8 inches of new snow by late tonight. Of course, lots of people think that by the time we get to late February, the chances of snow are decreasing. In fact, February and March have traditionally been the two snowiest months of the year in Connecticut. Most of the memorable blizzards of years past have occurred in February and March.
So while you're shoveling your walkway, or plowing out the driveway later today or tomorrow morning, remember that, according to Meyer's Law, there won't be another snowstorm until the snow from this one has melted away.
