Don Kent’s prediction for the Blizzard of 78 was, “chance of flurries”. It snowed for three straight days.
Don Kent was the preeminent Boston TV meteorologist at the time. His forecast was probably the main reason everybody went to school and work that morning. I still remember our first period math teacher gloating that the storm was going out to sea because "Don Kent said so." Which was a buzzkill for us thinking that we were going to get out of school early.
Backing that up was the fact that at 11am, the outside temperature was up to 42 degrees. Definitely not a temperature conducive to a major snow. An hour later, it dropped to 31 degrees with howling winds and we were being hurriedly herded on school buses.
I don't remember Don Kent every getting a lot of grief over that completely blown forecast. Harvey Leonard (rookie at the time) did become a legend however.
showing your age!