Reuters posted an article today about the current El Nino / The three majors (82/83, 97/98, and current). These are the three strongest on record since 1950. If you go to John's Historical, snowfall was minimal those years. 165 and 130 inches. However, the article describes the "Death of the Giant" and In both 1982 and 1997, western trade winds were highly reversed but abruptly returned to normal within one month at the end of both years. Although these winds have not been as anomalously strong in 2015, the same rapid jump occurred last month. The following year, snowfall did return with 200 plus inches (83/84 & 98/99).