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Farmers' Almanac Predicts a Wild Winter 29
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| 08/290/2004
| David sharp
Posted on 08/29/2004 2:18:07 PM PDT by Double DDs
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To: Double DDs
"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?
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:21:06 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: nmh
"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
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:23:22 PM PDT
by
MichaelP
To: MichaelP
I live in NY and am a weather nut
To: nmh
I didn't realize that "often" is defined by only maybe 5-10 times an ENTIRE YEAR.
Weather forecasters are very accurate.
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:25:12 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
To: Double DDs
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.
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:26:51 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
To: Double DDs; 8mmMauser; EGPWS; Acela; afterhoursguru; AlextheWise1; AniGrrl; ...
~gasp!!!!!!!! I live in northern Maine and we can get up to 127 inches of snow a season. Holy Moses!
There is a road out there somewhere, behind that tree. This is my front yard.
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:31:52 PM PDT
by
SheLion
(Donate to Swift Boat Vets. "I" did!)
To: SheLion
I think we had like 175 last year
To: SheLion
Cripes......how do you get to work? Snowmobile?
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:34:48 PM PDT
by
Godebert
To: Double DDs
Oh goody. I just hope that it stays warm enough to dig a spot out for our granson to play.
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:34:53 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(Ultimate Flip Flop->I support the Troops but not their mission)
To: Double DDs
I live in Ohio and I am a weather nut!
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:37:59 PM PDT
by
ruoflaw
To: Double DDs
I live in the Mid-Coast Area, Ocean keeps the snow at Bay....well sometimes.
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:38:22 PM PDT
by
maineman
To: Double DDs
I live in the Mid-Coast Area, Ocean keeps the snow at Bay....well sometimes.
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:38:57 PM PDT
by
maineman
To: Double DDs
Farmers' Almanac Predicts a Wild Winter 29 Never mind winter '29, how is winter '05 going to be?
To: ruoflaw
I live in Wilmington NC I'm just a nut.
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:42:08 PM PDT
by
boomop1
To: SheLion
Hmmm...I'm looking at that picture and thinking "we're thinking about going back to northern Maine when my wife retires????? *L*
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:46:04 PM PDT
by
Bottom_Gun
(Crush depth dummy)
To: MichaelP
Actually, you'd be suprised how much they are righton. It's around 90 percent. We just notice when they're wrong!
I assume you are talking the next day. Otherwise we have a problem out in the Seattle area. We had a hot spell which was supposed to cool off in about 3 days. That went on for two weeks. They just moved the day it was supposed to cool off another day each day.
Also in the spring months they are not very good beyond a day.
To: SheLion
Russian version ;-)
To: SheLion
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)
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:55:34 PM PDT
by
NEBO
(You don't create terrorists by fighting back. You defeat the terrorists by fighting back. ~GWBush~)
To: maineman
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posted on
08/29/2004 2:55:52 PM PDT
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maineman
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