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posted by martyb on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the Brrrrrr! dept.

In the U.S., prepare to shiver with below-normal winter temperatures from the Heartland westward to the Pacific and in the Desert Southwest, Pacific Southwest, and Hawaii but above normal winter temperatures elsewhere. The cold will continue through Valentine’s Day—providing the perfect excuse to stay indoors and snuggle! But be warned: Winter will not be over yet!

For some parts of the country, frigid and frosty conditions will last well into spring, bringing little relief to the winter-weary. “This could feel like the never-ending winter, particularly in the Midwest and east to the Ohio Valley and Appalachians, where wintery weather will last well into March and even through the first days of spring,” says Almanac editor Janice Stillman.

[...] In the U.S., this winter will be remembered for strong storms bringing a steady roofbeat of heavy rain and sleet, not to mention piles of snow. The 2020 Old Farmer’s Almanac is calling for frequent snow events—from flurries to no fewer than seven big snowstorms from coast to coast, including two in April for the Intermountain region west of the Rockies.

This snow-verload will include storms pummeling Washington state and points eastward across the northern-tier states into Michigan. For the normally rain-soaked Northwest, this could mean a repeat of last winter’s record-breaking extremes, including the Snowpocalypse that dumped 20.2 inches on Seattle in February.

https://www.almanac.com/old-farmers-almanac-2020-winter-forecast


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @08:16AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @08:16AM (#893086)

    A friend of mine is a private climatologist for one of the almanacs. He tells me that despite the handwaving they do about using moon cycles and other wives's tales, they have an extensive and sophisticated meteorology department that uses a multi-model system comprised of some of the latest research on a private cloud to make predictions. They then give their stuff to a different department that adds all the fluff to make it sound the way people expect. Plus, they add a lot of "it will be a cold winter with warm spells" in order to raise their apparent hit rate regardless of how accurate the underlying prediction is.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @11:15AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @11:15AM (#893114)

    "it will be a cold winter with warm spells"

    I predict it will be a warm winter with cold spells.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @08:05PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @08:05PM (#893303)

      Same difference. Either way people will remember the hits and forget the misses. Such vague statements are a key to prognostication.