Almanac predicts bitterly cold winter for parts of U.S.

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/09/02/almanac.winter.predictions/index.html

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The longtime periodical, published since 1818 and famous for its

long-range weather predictions, is out with its annual winter forecast,

which says Old Man Winter is really going to hammer folks in the

Midwest and upper Great Lakes region with very cold and very snowy

conditions.

The almanac puts it this way:

"A large area

of numbingly cold temperatures will predominate from roughly east of

the Continental Divide to west of the Appalachians. The coldest

temperatures will be over the northern Great Lakes and the Upper

Peninsula of Michigan.

"But acting almost like the bread of a

sandwich, to this swath of unseasonable cold will be two regions with

temperatures that will average closer to normal -- the West Coast and

the East Coast."

But don't let your guard down if you live along the East or West coasts.

Farmer's Almanac managing editor Sandi Duncan says no one will be immune to the rough weather this winter.

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"Even the areas that we say are going to be like the bread of the

ice-cold sandwich are going to have bouts of stormy conditions. There's

no way it's going to be that mild of a winter," she says.

Nasty weather is also in the forecast for late in the season as winter moves toward spring.

"We're actually predicting a possible blizzard in the northeast to the

mid-Atlantic states sometime in February," Duncan says. "And it does

look like the cool temperatures to the cold temperatures are going to

hang on. And spring does look kind of rainy."

The Farmers' Almanac gets pretty specific about that late-season blizzard forecast.

According to Duncan, "February 12th-15th looks very stormy with

blizzard conditions possible especially in New England but also going

down to the mid-Atlantic coast."

The

periodical says, "While three-quarters of the country is predicted to

see near- or below-average precipitation this winter, that doesn't mean

there won't be any winter storms! On the contrary, significant

snowfalls are forecast for parts of every zone."
 
yea and i was reading the farmers almanac yesterday where i work cuz it was really slow and it said the northeast is going to have an above normal precipitation winter. regular temperatures but above normal precipitation...stoked!!! and december's supposed to be the worst.
 
which brings up a question.. how the fuck can they predict weather almost 5 months from now??
 
true that homie. warmer temps keep the great lakes open longer, so once that cold air comes flossing down in late january, the ontario/erie/huron/superior/michigan snowguns will begin their assault
 
it said the same thing last year for the midwest. and the snow and temperature was nothing more than average.
 
at least cold in the midwest means you can make snow and have a base. good for my mountain.
 
last winter is was very cold and very dry. This year will be very cold and lots of snow. The el nino means warmer ocean's and that cause more precipitation meaning SNOW! That is just a rouch prediction. I don't feel like going very in depth, I am very knowligible on this subject.

There are so many varriables to take into account though, one little mistake could mess up the entire prediction
 
I have looked more into this "Blizard in the northeast" and the 3 predicted days are the 3 days i go to stowe this year! I am sooooo stoked now
 
I'm thinking that we (in the North East) are going to have n Indian Summer and then an unbelievable winter. Last winter we had tons of snow in CT. Ever storm was at least 4 inches ranging up to about 14 inches. I had my back yard setup in November for about a week of useful snow. That was about and inch of snow but I piled it up and made it work. I'm in VT for school and I think I'm gonna see alot more snow than I am used to in CT.
 
Maybe it was average for the midwest, but the PNW got HAMMERED last winter. So much urban. So much pow.
 
i hope it doesnt get as bad as it did last year for alaska. it didnt get above -40F the whole month of december...
 
Old Man Winter doesn’t want to give up his frigid hold just yet, but his hold will mostly be in the middle of the country. According to the 2010 Farmers’ Almanac, this winter will see more days of shivery conditions: a winter during which temperatures will average below normal for about three-quarters of the nation.

A large area of numbingly cold temperatures will predominate from roughly east of the Continental Divide to west of the Appalachians (see map). The coldest temperatures will be over the northern Great Lakes and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. But acting almost like the bread of a sandwich, to this swath of unseasonable cold will be two regions with temperatures that will average closer to normal—theWest Coast and the East Coast.

What about snow/rain/ice?

Near-normal amounts of precipitation are expected over the eastern third of the country, as well as over the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains, while drier-than-normal conditions are forecast to occur over the Southwest and the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes.

Only the Central and Southern Plains are expected to receive above-average amounts of precipitation.

Blizzards?

While three-quarters of the country is predicted to see near- or below average precipitation this winter, that doesn’t mean there won’t be any winter storms! On the contrary, significant snowfalls are forecast for parts of every zone. For the Middle Atlantic and Northeast States, for instance, we are predicting a major snowfall in mid-February; possibly even blizzard conditions for New England (indeed, even shovelry is not dead).

 
solar waves that are tracked from the time they leave the sun. Solar activity has a LOT to do with the weather, and it takes solar waves a relatively long period of time to reach the earth. Relative in comparison to the time it takes light from the sun to reach earth (8 minutes)
 
Winter will be colder than normal, on average, primarily due to persistent cold temperatures throughout December. Other cold periods will occur in early and mid- to late January, early and mid-February, and early March. Precipitation will be near or slightly above normal, with below-normal snowfall in the north and above-normal snowfall in the south. The biggest snowstorm will occur in early March, with other snowy periods in late November, mid- and late December, early and late January, and mid-February.
 
anybody living in new england should know that winters here are predictably unpredictable.

the farmers almanac that is just some bullshit they make up every year.
 
but at least it gets us pumped up for a good winter. the whole point of ns is to share the stoke of skiing and that almanac sure helps during the long last couple of months before the snow
 
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