US winter forecast: La Niña to fuel abundant snow in Rockies; Bitterly cold air to blast Midwest

AccuWeather ^ | October 04, 2017, 8:53:07 AM EDT | Jillian MacMath

[BenLurkin]

A chilly winter is in store for the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, particularly when compared to last year. For most of both regions, this will translate to an above-normal snow season.

“Areas in the I-95 corridor will average close to normal, within a few inches,” AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Forecaster Paul Pastelok said. “Areas away from the I-95 corridor have a better chance at a big snowfall.”

New York City and Boston, Massachusetts, may be the exceptions to this, with early predictions calling for 6 inches of snowfall or more above normal in both cities.

Areas prone to lake-effect snow will also see high totals, including Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania; and Buffalo, New York.

“I think this year is going to bring a good ski season in the Northeast,” Pastelok said. “And around the holidays we should have some snow for the interior Northeast.”

[catnipman]

lots of snow in rocky mountains: VERY good!

bitter cold: not godd :(

[Newbomb Turk]

Bitter cold in Nebraska is good. All the illegals move south with all they own it a pickup truck.

[txrefugee]

Wouldn’t it be a shame if the snow piled up to the roof tops of all the universities that are pushing global warming...and they couldn’t get enough nasty fossil fuels to heat the buildings?

[Fiddlstix]

LOL! Works For Me!

[x1stcav]

Works for us too.

[BenLurkin]

They'll be sorry they went paperless...

[TruBluKentuckian]

Looks pretty good for here in Kentucky. Hope it’s just like last winter, warm and dry.

Thank you global warmi... uh... climate change.

[Mears]

I love winter——bring it on.

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[heshtesh]

My snowmobiles are all serviced and ready to go........hopefully that includes me!

[txnativegop]

As long as it snows here (Bristol Va./Tn.) I don’t care.

I like snow.

[OrangeHoof]

More global warming...

[LukeL]

Cold is fine, its the snow that is the problem. It can be -10 and I do not care as long as the roads and parking lots are free of snow and ice.

[xp38]

[stylin19a]

I like the Old Farmer's Almanac tea leaves better for my area.

ANNUAL WEATHER SUMMARY: NOVEMBER 2017 TO OCTOBER 2018
Winter will be warmer than normal, with slightly above-normal precipitation.
The coldest periods will be in early to mid-December, early January, and mid-February.
Snowfall will be above normal in Ohio and below normal elsewhere, with the snowiest periods in early to mid-December, late December, early January, and early February.
April and May will be warmer and slightly drier than normal.
Summer will be hotter and drier than normal.
The hottest periods will be in early to mid- and late July and mid-August.
September and October will be warmer than normal.
Rainfall will be above normal in the west and below normal elsewhere.

The Farmers Almanac also predicts a mild winter for my area.

[BenLurkin]

Yes...but how wide is the stripe on the woolly caterpillars?

[know.your.why]

Whatever. I’ve learned that what my flight instructor taught me about weather forecasts is almost always correct. That is that weather is almost never as forecast.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“I like snow.”

I’m in the Lake Erie snow belt. Lake effect snow sucks!

[Bratch]

[txnativegop]

Never experienced lake-effect snow.

worst I’ve been in is 22 inches in 8 hours in NC back in 1998.

I still like it though.