In the sefer Elya Rabba, written by Rav Eliyahu Shapira, the head of the Mesivta of Prague, of the greatest and most important of poskim, he writes in chapter 685 paragraph 4:
I found written that whenever Rosh Chodesh Shvat falls out on a Wednesday, it will be called and there will be a lot of snow that winter. The sign for this is the letters of "Vayigash" that are an acronym for "6th Day Gimmel Shvat" - meaning, when the 3rd of Shvat falls out on Friday, so Rosh Chodesh is on Wednesday, we read the letters of Vayigash backwards which reads as "snow, rain will come down and cold". Tried and tested.

I have no idea if this actually works out and I have no intention to compare the calendar looking for every year Rosh Chodesh Shvat landed on a Wednesday and compare those winters levels of rainfall and snowfall... I also do not know what the relevance of the word Vayigash is, as that is not the parsha of the week that week. Anyways, we can sill be hopeful, as this year Rosh Chodesh Shvat is on a Wednesday.

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