The Farmers' Almanac recently issued their outlook for the 2011-2012 winter season and are predicting a wet and wild winter for much of the nation. According to their forecasters, the Farmers' Almanac is predicting a season of "crime and punishment" with lots of unusually cold and stormy conditions.
In the northern Plains, northern Rockies, and western Great Lakes, folks can expect frigid cold temperatures while those in the southern and eastern United States will experience above average temperatures. Near normal temperatures are predicted for the Midwest and far western parts of the country.
Due to these temperature extremes, a very active storm track is expected to set up from the southern Plains, into the Tennessee and Ohio Valley, the Great Lakes and the northeast. Due to the above normal temperatures forecast, much of the precipitation is expected to fall as rain or a mix of rain, sleet, and snow, but inland areas could be digging out of some heavy and above normal snowfall amounts. Also, some potent East coast storms in February could bring a heavy and wet snow to much of the region.
In the west, the storm track looks to remain rather active and far to the north into Washington and Oregon, where above average precipitation is expected. This will leave much of the southwestern states and portion of the southeast, particularly Florida, begging for some rain with drier than average conditions expected.
For more details on the 2011-2012 winter forecast, check out the Farmers' Almanac here.
The Farmers' Almanac forecast makes no mention of the current La Nina pattern building and becoming stronger in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This is sure to have ramifications on the coming winter season across much of the nation...stay tuned!
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