Cold Snowy Winter

FutureCEO

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Farmers Almanac Forecasts Rough Winter
Sun Aug 24, 3:24 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!

By JERRY HARKAVY, Associated Press Writer

LEWISTON, Maine - Tune up the snowblower and get out the long johns. The newest edition of the Farmers' Almanac predicts a cold winter with plenty of snow.

Beginning in February, the almanac says, storms will target much of the eastern half of the country, with no letup until early spring, and parts of New England will get snow into late April.

The West also faces a cold, snowy winter, according to the almanac. Bucking the trend is the Southeast, where mild weather is predicted.

The almanac, which hits the newsstands Tuesday, provides little solace for snow-weary New Englanders still thawing out from last winter.

"The big story in the Northeast is that February looks like it's going to be a never-ending series of storms that will be reminiscent of last year, when just about everybody was ready to head for Hawaii," said Sandi Duncan, the almanac's managing editor.

The forecast calls for a showery spring followed by an extremely warm and humid summer. It says one and possibly two hurricanes may threaten the East Coast in the first half of August.

The almanac has been predicting the weather for 187 years. Its forecasts, written under the name Caleb Weatherbee, are prepared two years in advance. The formula remains a well-guarded secret, even from almanac editors, but is linked to sunspots, the position of the planets and tidal action of the moon.

While the National Weather Service (news - web sites) doubts that anyone can predict weather with any degree of accuracy so far in advance, the almanac claims to get it right about 80 percent of the time.

Last year, it warned folks from Maine to Colorado to expect colder-than-normal temperatures and snow.

Readers have relied for decades on the long-term forecasts to set wedding dates and plan vacations, said editor Peter Geiger.

While still heavy on nostalgia and traditional values, with a few gardening tips thrown in, the almanac has broadened its appeal to younger audiences, its editors said. The median age of its readership — circulation of the 192-page retail edition is about 1 million — has dropped from about 45 to 35 over the past decade.



:sohappy: Thats it's going to snow. Enjoy
 

Yellow Shoes

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Seeing as how we are in a major heat wave (we are in day 9 or so with 100+ temperatures), and we are something like 13 inches below normal rainfall for the year, we'd better get some snow this winter.

I must admit that I enjoy being hydrated.
 

tigsmom

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No heat wave...its 50 right now. And we've had more than enough rain (and snow last winter) that this is the first summer in quite a few years that we aren't under drought restrictions.

And my neighbor was mowing his lawn at 7:30 this morning.
 

Yellow Shoes

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I had to laugh.

My son mowed our yard before he left for a mission trip on July 10.

Yup--we haven't mowed the yard for 6 weeks.

Of course, it hasn't rained for 6 weeks either.
 

tigsmom

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While we were enjoying the rain in WDW earlier this month it rained here at home for 11 days. We came home to a jungle and it took hours to get the yard decent looking. Lost the dog when she went out. :lol:
 

tiggerlover1971

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I remember when we moved down here from Monroe. A Blizzard was coming so the movers came a day earlier .We had to stay in a motel till my parents closed on the house . We stayed in Paramus at a Hojos and we were stuck for three days because of it .Five people in one room was not fun!!!:lol:
 

wdwhoneymooner

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We moved from Boston to get away from the snow. And our timing was perfect regarding this past winter. Our families back up north kept telling us they wanted to move down with us because of all the storms dumping snow every week (sometimes 2x/week).

But we do miss it during the holiday season.

If any of y'all wanna get away from shoveling just let me know! :D
 

tigsmom

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Originally posted by SirNim
I like to shovel the snow in our driveway and make patterns with the shovel... :D

I hate to shovel snow from the driveway (about 300 feet worth) and I hate to make patterns with the car tires even more!!!!:lol:
 

tigsmom

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Originally posted by wdwhoneymooner
We moved from Boston to get away from the snow. And our timing was perfect regarding this past winter. Our families back up north kept telling us they wanted to move down with us because of all the storms dumping snow every week (sometimes 2x/week).

But we do miss it during the holiday season.

If any of y'all wanna get away from shoveling just let me know! :D

Can't wait to get away from the snow...I have my eye on a nice little place in Bradenton, FL. 5 miles from Coquina Beach on the Gulf....paradise.
 

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