[since I'm in hot Texas...I pay NO attention to his winter predicts]
Yep, he started out in State College PA on a fun little 15 monite show put on by Penn State Meteorology students and their faculty. He actually wasn't bad on Mid-Atlantic snowstorms. But he often would shoot the moon and call for a chance of a real 'big one' only to have it dud out.
http://www.ems.psu.edu/WeatherWorld/people/bastardi.html