Snow is coming! Winter 08/09 Forecasts

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AccuWeather.com 2008-2009 Winter Forecast

Posted 2008-10-09

JOE BASTARDI'S ACCUWEATHER.COM WINTER FORECAST

AccuWeather.com Chief Long-Range Forecaster Joe Bastardi today released his 2008 temperature and precipitation impacting the nation. His forecast calls for one of the coldest winters in several years across much of the East.

The core of cold was centered across the Great Plains last year but is expected to be farther east this year. Bastardi says the winter of 2008-2009 will be viewed as the hardest in several years. in the East. It will put some

"In the eastern half of the nation, people will look at the winter as bookends of cold," Bastardi said. He says the overall colder and snowier winter will be off to a cold start in December with perhaps the roughest winter month for much of the nation. It may finish with another cold spell in late January and February.

Between the bookends of cold, Bastardi expects "the January thaw of old winter lore" but it will offer only a temporary break to consumers. "The winter as a whole in the population-dense eastern third of the nation will be a one-two punch of higher heating prices and lower temperatures. Given this economic environment, the winter could push some homeowners to the brink, residences as warm as last winter could spend hundreds of dollars more this heating season.

Temperatures across most of the West will be warmer than last year and should be warmer than normal, which will help consumers by keeping heating cost increases in check. The northern Rockies and Northwest will still have more snow than normal but not as much as last year, where some locations developed a snow pack that reached twice normal levels.

The Great Plains was blasted by snow last year and many communities ran very low on salt to keep roads clear of ice. Despite the elevated cost of salt this winter season, these areas will receive a break in the form of less snow than last year. Unfortunately, the East will not turn out as lucky, as more snowfall than last year is expected.

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Forecasts by someone on Accuweather.com

November 2008 Temps

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November 2008 Precipitation

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December 2008 Temps

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December 2008 Precipitation

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January 2009 Temps

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January 2009 Precipitation

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Feb 2009 Temps

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Feb 2009 Precipitation

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March 2009 Temps

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March 2009 Precipitation

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Farmers Almanac By Region:

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1) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/1

2) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/2

3) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/3

4) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/4

5) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/5

6) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/6

7) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/7

8) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/8

9) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/9

10) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/10

11) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/11

12) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/12

13) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/13

14) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/14

15) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/15

16) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/16

17) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/17

18) http://www.almanac.com/weatherforecast/us/18

More links:

http://www.skinorthcarolina.com/article.php?archived=false&mode=search&subtype=firsttrax&table=article&article=2236

http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&blog=Meteomadness&pgurl=/mtweb/content/Meteomadness/archives/2008/10/the_first_eastern_snows_of_the_season_next_week.asp

http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&blog=Anderson&pgurl=/mtweb/content/Anderson/archives/2008/10/monthly_long_range_model_update.asp
 
another good sign for new england. But the white xmas thing is fucked up. I know always acount for change but so many more areas have a better chance of getting a white xmass or does that mean it snows on xmass? That is like the best feeling ever
 
For those in the Northeast:

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Snowstorms are the reason I got into this business. To me, the snow coming down is very relaxing; something like watching a fire in the fire place. When snow moves into central Pennsylvania I often bundle up and take a long walk.

I am going to have to wait awhile to see my first snow of the season, but up north it's going to snow Tuesday and Wednesday. The snow will happen as cold air drills southward into a storm developing along the Maine coastline. Most of the snow will be light, but a couple of inches could fall from the Adirondack Mountains to northern Maine and New Brunswick.

 
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Well folks, this had to happen sooner or later. Cold air masses developing up north simply become overwhelming this time of year and, when tapped by a storm, there is always a chance of snow. In this particular case, snow is expected in northern New England Tuesday night and early Wednesday. Lower elevations will get nothing more than a coating, but up to 4 inches may fall above 2,000 feet. Let the ski season begin.

By the way, if the number of acorns have anything to do with how much snow will fall during the coming winter, we're in big trouble. There are big bunches of those things in my yard.

Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.

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No doubt, we'll be producing more and more of these babies in the coming weeks. What you see here is not all that impressive, but we have to start somewhere. Shown here are snowfall amounts through Wednesday across northern New England and also from the Rockies into the western Plains. The largest amounts over the next 24 hours will probably wind up being in the high mountains from southern Wyoming into northern Colorado.

Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.

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Coldest Temperatures of the year so far.

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A major coastal storm is expected to develop off the Eastern Seaboard early next week and track up near New England with strong winds and rain near the coast and snow well inland. At the same time, a large pocket of unseasonably cold air will charge southeastward from the Upper Midwest to the Gulf Coast with widespread lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes and into the western slopes of the Appalachians. AccuWeather.com will have more details on this upcoming major weather event over the next couple of days.

Story by AccuWeather.com senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson.

http://www.accuweather.com/news-top-headline.asp?partner=accuweather

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By far, the coldest air mass of the season will be taking dead aim at the northern and eastern half of the nation starting this weekend and progressing through early next week. This mass of unseasonably cold air and gusty winds will reach the northern Plains by Saturday night and finally the Gulf and East coasts by Monday. As the cold air crosses the warm Great Lakes Sunday and Monday, there will be widespread lake-effect snowfall directly downwind of the lakes. Temperatures over the Deep South will be well below normal early next week.

Story by AccuWeather.com senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson.

 


http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&blog=Anderson&pgurl=/mtweb/content/Anderson/archives/2008/10/storm_snowfall_projections.asp

I just finished the new snowfall map with the help of several people in the office. The snowfall map is just for the storm and does not include lake-effect snowfall that will be getting organized later Tuesday and into early Wednesday downstream of the eastern lakes. Here it is....

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I will get to the details later today. Brett.

From earlier today.......

Computer models trended right back to the original European model idea from several days ago showing a massive storm intensification over eastern New England starting Tuesday morning. This storm might catch a lot of people offguard as the wind and precipitation will increase rapidly during the day Tuesday.

Morning computer runs are taking the center of the nor'easter due northward through eastern New England on Tuesday and then into Quebec Tuesday night. Areas along and east of the track will be basically rain, with strong winds along the Maine coast and up into the Maritimes later Tuesday and Tuesday night.

West of the track, cold air will wrap southward from Ontario through upstate New York, changing rain over to a heavy, wet snow with strong winds. Elevation will play a key role in accumulations, and I could see over 10 inches in the Adirondacks and northern Green Mountains. Luckily, most of the leaves are gone, but we still could see downed trees and power lines in some of these areas late Tuesday and Tuesday night. Farther north in the lower areas near Cornwall and Ottawa, there will be a change to wet snow early Tuesday night, but temperatures will be above freezing and that will limit accumulations. How much? Let me look at the new model runs later this morning and I will have some answers. Looks like most of the Montreal area and points east will be mostly rain, but it will change to snow in Montreal late Tuesday night.

I will have another update this afternoon. Brett
 
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