The truth is they cannot forecast snow with any accuracy more than 1 or 2 days ahead. So all this annual hype in the press ‘worst winter for decades’ etc is just that.
When they say bad winter it all depends on your own perspective, to me the last few winters have been better to good, ie we have had some snow. A nice change after years of bad winters, ie no snow. My fault for living in sunny Somerset I suppose.