This weekend may be tricky when it comes to weather as meteorologists watch a potentially significant snowstorm forming as it moves across the country. The storm is eyeing the East Coast and has the potential to be a real snow maker.

According to Paul Kocin, winter weather expert of the National Weather Service, who posted his observations on the NWS winter discussion board on Tuesday, "The potential snowfall distribution has similarities to several major East Coast storms in recent past, including the Feb. 5-6, 2010, snowstorm; the January Blizzard of 1996; and the Presidents Day of February 2003. January 2016 is likely to be more widespread/heavy but only time will tell. The mechanisms coming together for a major snowfall are textbook."Lansford resident Scott Reese, who prides himself as a weather enthusiast, shared his top 10 memorable winter storms to hit this area over the past 25 years."Some of these storms you may have forgotten and some you'll remember after reading my list," he said, noting that Kocin is credited with developing a scale called the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale or NESIS, that rates winter storms in a similar manner as hurricanes with Category 5 being most severe and Category 1 being notable. Each storm below has been rated on that scale.Here are Reese's picks, beginning with the 10th most notable storm this area has seen in the past quarter century:10 Oct. 28, 2011: "The Halloween Storm"This storm struck two months after Hurricane Irene and produced an October record 12 inches of snow in our region. It is also noteworthy that the snowfall was completely melted within 48 hours.This storm was rated a Category 1.9 Jan. 22-24, 2005A Category 4 snowstorm that brought blizzard conditions to NYC and dumped 12 inches of snow, blanketing the area. This storm could have been a lot worse but the heaviest snows fell in New England and Southern Canada.8Feb. 13-14, 2007: "The Valentine's Day Ice Storm"This storm is notable for a few reasons - the snowfall was modest, 3-6 inches but what was unprecedented was the 3-plus inches of sleet and freezing rain that it produced.Almost every major highway was shut down across northeast and east-central Pennsylvania.This storm caused hundreds of motorists to be stranded for two days on Route 22 and Interstate 78.Snowplows could not get the roads clear as they froze and refroze, creating pockets of baseball-sized ice chunks inside the compacted snow.This is the only time ever that I can recall the road conditions worsening for two days after the event. It took plow trucks from out-of-state several days to clear roads safely.Most towns had their plows damaged or destroyed and cars were encapsulated in snow mounds for weeks. The storm rated Category 3 on the NESIS scale.7Feb. 5-6, 2010: "Snowmageddon"This was the second of the four great Nor'easters of 2010 that buried the nation's capital, Baltimore, Philly and New York.Originally forecast to produce a lot more for our area, it was certainly not a bust for the big cities. We received 10 inches and 30 mph winds.Just four days later the third Nor'easter struck.This storm was rated a category 3.6March 31 - April 1, 1997: "The April Fools' Day Storm"This storm produced our heaviest late season snowfall in my lifetime, dropping 14 inches of snow over our area. Intense snowfall rates sometimes reached 2 inches an hour.A memorable one for me as I was a freshman in high school.A Category 2 storm.5Dec. 24-25, 2002: "The Christmas Day Snowstorm"This is the one that ended the diamond companies offering free jewelry if it snows 6 inches or more on Christmas Eve.It smashed the old Christmas Eve record of 6 inches set in 1969 and paralyzed travel on Christmas Eve and Day.The majority of the snow fell in a relatively short window, where snowfall rates approached 3 inches an hour at times. It was rated a Category 3.4Feb. 9-10, 2010The third of four Nor'easters and the only one to make a huge impact on our area in the 2010 winter.Locally, 15-18 inches fell across the region and a ridiculous 24 inches was measured and reported in Lansford. Other areas in the Poconos received higher accumulations - Albrightsville saw nearly 2 feet and the Philly metro area picked up almost 3 feet.This broke records all over the megalopolis and shattered previous snowfall records, as well as 10-day totals.This was the last major or paralyzing accumulation we've seen in the past decade. Itrated a Category 3 on the NESIS scale.3Feb. 16-17, 2003: "The Presidents Day Blizzard"This Miller B storm (Miller B storms come from the west to east and not south to north) was one of the most powerful storms in history. It dumped 20-plus inches on a very wide region comparable to the blizzards of '96 and '93. Because of its Miller B origin, it doesn't boast the extreme low pressures of the classic Miller A Nor'easters, but that didn't stop it from burying every city from D.C. to Boston in 15-30 inches of snow.The most remarkable non-Nor'easter of my lifetime. We received 24 inches of heavy snow and the NESIS rating was Category 4.2March 13-14, 1993: "Superstorm '93"The Blizzard of '93 is the benchmark for all winter storms. It covered an area from the Yucatén Peninsula to Nova Scotia at one point.This monster affected two-thirds of the U.S. population and dumped 20-24 inches all across eastern Pennsylvania. It actually dry slotted for about six hours, which held snowfall down 6-10 inches or so. The storm produced 40-50 mph gusts and true blizzard conditions for the area. Drifts were as high as 10-15 feet in places. It rated the highest possible strength, Category 5.1Jan. 7-8: "The Blizzard of '96"After the '93 "storm of the century" nobody ever expected this to happen again. This time the results were even more robust.A total of 30 inches of light powdery snow blanketed Pennsylvania and the entire East Coast. Winds were a little lighter than in 1993 but it didn't stop accumulations of 2 inches an hour and one of the longest continuous snow events I ever remember. This Category 5 monster is the hardest our area has been impacted in my observable lifetime.