Super cold, slew of snow in Old Farmer's Almanac forecast

AP ^ | Aug. 15, 2015 | KATHY McCORMACK

[PROCON]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Just when you thought you had gotten over last winter, be warned: The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts it will be super cold with a slew of snow for much of the country, even in places that don't usually see too much of it, like the Pacific Northwest.

If you don't want to read about those four-letter words, there's plenty more to peruse in the folksy, annual book of household tips, trends, recipes and articles, such as animal jealousy, the history of shoes and anticipation for the biggest Supermoon in decades in November 2016.

[Oratam]

. . . the tails on squirrels, acorn production . . . I’m trying to think of some others I’ve heard.

[logician2u]

The height of skunk cabbage.

[tumblindice]

Guess I’ll hold on to the 4-wheel drive another year.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I predict with 100% accuracy that regardless of what kind of winter we have it will be blamed on global warming / climate change.

[mouske]

Wooly bear caterpillars

[spokeshave]

From an earlier thread today:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3324999/posts?page=12

Scotland is but one of many dichotomies to 'global warming' hype self | 08/15/2015 | self Posted on 8/15/2015, 7:19:33 AM by logi_cal869

I came across this pictorial at DailyMail, spuriously-referencing a trend there in Scotland, and found the other articles for clarity.

Scotland's winter snow STILL hasn't melted: Incredible network of tunnels and caves clings to mountains after the cold summer

Looks like glaciers now forming in the Scottish mountains.

[LucyT]

It was autumn, and members of a Native American tribe asked their new Chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a new Chief in a modern society and had never been taught the old secrets of Nature, he looked up at the sky and had no clue what to do. To play it safe, he replied to his tribe that the winter could definitely be cold and that they should collect firewood early, just to be prepared. So, the members began gathering wood.

Being a practical leader, he figured he should also use the resources available to the modern society. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, “Will this winter be cold?”

“As of now, it looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,” the forecaster said. So the Chief went back to his tribe and told them to collect even more wood. A week later he called the National Weather Service again and asked for an update.

“Yes,” the man at National Weather Service again replied, “based on incoming data, this winter is looking to be colder than we expected.” The Chief was surprised, but again went back to his tribe, told them that this might be a very cold winter, and asked them to collect every scrap of wood they could find.

One week later, the Chief called the National Weather Service yet again, hoping for a new answer. “Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?”

“Positive,” the man replied. “It’s going to be one of the coldest winters ever.” “Really?” the shocked Chief exclaimed. “How can you be so sure?” The forecaster replied, “The Indians are collecting firewood like crazy.”

[Jack Hydrazine]

Wow! Thanks for that pic.

[headstamp 2]

“acorn production”

Oaks are already dropping them here. 60 miles north of DeBlasio City.

[spokeshave]

Thanks...but go to the source for even more fantastic pics

Here is the link to UK Daily mail...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3198450/Scotland-s-winter-snow-hasn-t-melted-Incredible-network-tunnels-caves-clings-mountains-cold-summer.html

Also a separate article on the glaciers forming in UK

watch and weep this video

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-28885119

The most aggressive of the regulations requires the nation’s existing power plants to cut emissions 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030

2030...sounds about right...the next ice age should be freezing everything...

Suns magnetic field in decline

No sunspots for you

Video here...(watch and weep),,,

The Sun is Going to Sleep

[Falconspeed]

Bravo.

Another true story (wink). Every day a factory work on the way to work stopped by the clock store and set his watch and then finished his walk to work where he blew the whistle for the factory. One day the clock store owner said, Why do you stop by my store every morning? The factory worker said, I use your clocks to set the whistle at the factory. The owner said, That’s funny. I set all my clocks to the factory whistle.

[Falconspeed]

Thank you for the excellent article.

“70% of the water that enters the Delta is simply flushed into the ocean.”

Evil people run California politics and will pay a dreadful penalty in the next life.

[djf]

Plus besides for the fact that there is a super El Nino forming, there is something even more significant.

A large mass of much warmer than expected sea water off the coast of Washington/Oregon. And we are talking like 5 degrees warmer than usual and a third or even half the size of Conus.

Now this is expected to bring warmer, drier weather to NW United States this year. But a high pressure system that big, in that place, will set the eastern US up for a killer polar vortex!

[Yaelle]

Thank you, thank you, for linking that article by the CA congressman. I did not know this. It makes perfect sense. Everyone in CA needs to read his link.

[Ken H]

Glad I had a new furnace installed last Nov.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

New and improved! Now with Obama Blackouts!

[ExCTCitizen]

Snow in the northeast?? I thought palm trees will be there by 2016, according to some nutcase who said that is the late ‘80s.

[Larry Lucido]

[rstrahan]

My son lives on the north side of Dallas. Saw a large flock of Canadian geese yesterday. Tey are already migrating south.

[tbpiper]

I would trust it over all the climate change models. How about this; somebody does a study on the relative accuracy of the Farmer’s Almanac vs Climate Change Models?