I really do love it when the National Weather Service gets poetic and playful with the language in their
Area Forecast Discussion: this afternoon and evening will be the proverbial calm before the storm starting late tonight...
[model1] and [model2] have similar synoptic solutions...but the [model1] has a bit more oomph in its dynamics for the first part of this complex winter storm complex
"More oomph" must be a technical term. The alliteration of "similar synoptic solutions"... seems somewhat suspicious. And the heteronymic phrase "complex winter storm complex" is just an accident, right? ☃
Total snowfall in January in Boston was 38.3 inches, the 3rd highest on record.
The snowiest recorded January in Boston was in 2005, with 43.1 inches.