There is a road out there somewhere, behind that tree. This is my front yard.
Posted on 08/29/2004 2:18:07 PM PDT by Double DDs
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today: August 29, 2004 at 11:13:08 PDT
Farmers' Almanac Predicts a Wild Winter By DAVID SHARP ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Gas up the snowblower but don't put away your umbrella: The Farmers' Almanac is predicting a wild winter with heavy precipitation and dramatic temperature swings in the Northeast.
The northern Plains and Great Lakes will be snowy, the almanac says, while it will be milder in the southern half of the country. The Northeast will have unusually wet weather - either as rain or snow, according to the almanac.
"The big thing is it's going to be a winter of extremes," said managing editor Sandi Duncan, whose almanac hits newsstands Tuesday.
The weather formula used by the 188-year-old Farmers' Almanac is a closely guarded secret. Prepared two years in advance, the forecasts are based on sunspots, the position of the planets and tidal action of the moon.
(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...
"The weather formula used by the 188-year-old Farmers' Almanac is a closely guarded secret. Prepared two years in advance, the forecasts are based on sunspots, the position of the planets and tidal action of the moon."
If forecasting weather is so easy, two years in advance no less, how come the daily weather person is OFTEN wrong?
Actually, you'd be suprised how much they are righton. It's around 90 percent. We just notice when they're wrong!
Mike
I live in NY and am a weather nut
I didn't realize that "often" is defined by only maybe 5-10 times an ENTIRE YEAR.
Weather forecasters are very accurate.
Based on how incredibly cool this summer has been, a mild winter makes sense. Ususally, the pattern configuration changes between summer and winter, which would mean probably the pattern would shift to an unusually mild one in winter. But, we will see.
There is a road out there somewhere, behind that tree. This is my front yard.
I think we had like 175 last year
Cripes......how do you get to work? Snowmobile?
Oh goody. I just hope that it stays warm enough to dig a spot out for our granson to play.
I live in Ohio and I am a weather nut!
I live in the Mid-Coast Area, Ocean keeps the snow at Bay....well sometimes.
I live in the Mid-Coast Area, Ocean keeps the snow at Bay....well sometimes.
Never mind winter '29, how is winter '05 going to be?
I live in Wilmington NC I'm just a nut.
Hmmm...I'm looking at that picture and thinking "we're thinking about going back to northern Maine when my wife retires????? *L*
We get about 1/4" of snow about once every 13 years if we are lucky to get that much. (Gulf Coast where it is almost always summer)
Sorry!
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