Posted on 08/11/2022 6:18:47 AM PDT by dynachrome
Lewiston, ME: Every year since 1818, the Farmers’ Almanac provides an extended weather forecast that helps people plan ahead. This year, with the extreme summer weather conditions broiling the country, and the growing concern over the rising costs of heating oil, Farmers’ Almanac is releasing its winter weather forecast earlier than ever. The 2023 Farmers’ Almanac, which hits the store shelves on August 15, is warning readers that this winter will be filled plenty of shaking, shivering, and shoveling.
How Cold? Shivery temperatures are predicted to rattle warm weather seekers in the Southeast and South Central states, but the real shivers might send people in the Great Lakes areas, Northeast, and North Central regions hibernating. According to the Almanac, the North Central States are forecast to experience extremely cold temperatures, (possibly 40° below zero!) especially during mid-January.
Areas in the western half of the country should escape major shivers, with an overall forecast of brisk temperatures predicted in the Northwest and mild temperatures in the Southwest.
Shovel Worthy The Farmers’ Almanac suggests a stormy winter in on schedule especially for the eastern half of the country. For some areas this may mean snow, but for others it will result in more slush and mush.
(Excerpt) Read more at farmersalmanac.com ...
Last year in the Northeast it was very, very cold-—but not that snowy unless you were in central PA and north of where the FA map depicted. Otherwise it wasn’t far off....
I’m counting the morning fogs in August which are said to predict the snowy days in winter, and so far not as many as in years past. I’ll keep you updated.
I just want some rain!
Rain has been passing north or south of my location all summer long.
Can’t wait for snow. We need water in the table NOW!
they’ve been mostly right on by us the last couple of years...
I predict no shovelable snow this winter because this spring, I replaced the belts and skid shoes on my snowthrower. I bet it sits unused for the next two winters.
I experienced a week of 30-40 below while doing Arctic Training inside the Arctic Circle.
It was in April and it was colder than anything I could have imagined.
So cold it hurt. Even with 20 guys in a GP Small, the kerosene stove barely kept it warm.
Not something I would want to do on a regular basis.
Farmers’ Almanac had a side note about weather
If the husk is hard to remove from the corn it’s going to be a hard winter.
Farmers have to note a lot of things about weather trends.
Every. Single. year.
Very cold. Snowy. Bad winter.
Check out last year’s Farmer’s Almanac prediction. Go ahead do a search, even on FR. Super cold, snowy in parts. Pffft... last year in my area it was a very mild winter with less than average snow.
Does the Farmer’s Almanac employ Harry Dent as their meteorologist?
Can you jump and EV from an ICE vehicle?
Another stupid prediction to scare people into accepting the climate change lunacy.
The Farmer’s Almanac uses the solar cycle for its climate forecasts, which is far more accurate than any of the global warming predicting “climate models.”
Well, here in Michigan, the animals seem to be shedding early, but don’t seem to be putting on heavier than normal coats. Some of the trees are starting to change, and it’s a bit early.
Of course in Michigan I have to ask what is meant by “Unreasonably cold and snowy”. In Michigan, we can get a lot of snow and cold, and it’s normal and “Reasonable”. The lakes are warm, so I can’t imagine that we’ll get THAT cold.
There is an area I travel through a couple of times a week that has a meteorologist do forecasts on the radio station that I generally listen to and he has never been wrong.
It goes something like this...
“Todays forecast calls for a temperature of 70 degrees or possibly 80 or into the 80s. Today should be clear, maybe with some clouds to a possibility for mostly cloudy. Today should be dry with up to an inch and half or rain possible in some areas.”
He continues on like this for a bit then has the balls to give us his name in a manner suggesting hes done us some great service.
Im not exaggerating in the least, its one of the most ridiculous things youve ever heard and this guy gets paid for that.
Of course, it will be blamed on global warming.
I dont know if youre a yooper or a troll but I can tell you about a similar discussion I had had with my wife when she brought the same tree related concern to my attention.
Regular temperature stress doesnt seem to be the reason. Normally the virginia creeper patches up in the canopy changes color around 2 weeks before seasonal stress is seen in the trees and the creeper isnt reporting anything yet.
Along my path of travel from here up into dah Yoopie that I make a couple of times a week there are a significant number of trees showing early stress. Its not a situation where I could stop and check many of them but its obvious that many but not all are ash trees.
The DNR has been doing a good job of making available flyers related to educating on the spread of the emerald ash bore.
Based on the the damage Im seeing, not all to just ash trees, Im beginning to suspect that those damned bugs dont read them.
That's...why we live here. :)
The ad comes with the ‘free’ postimg service. I gotta remember to cut that.
*Creeper: the vine, not Joe. That would be a Delaware Creeper.
I know, I was just funnin’ ya.
It was innocuous anyway...a list of baby names.
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