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These are pretty sorry conditions for winter camping…

 

 

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Snow Forecast for the Winter of 2011-2012

From Accuweather comes this long range snow forecast.

The basis of the forecast is on the prediction that a weak La Nina will be forming this fall and continuing through the winter. Last year, we had a strong La Nina with blocking over Greenland that lead to a very snowy winter across the Midwest and [...]

Heavy Lake Effect Snow Forecast for NE in 2011-2012

The AccuWeather.com Long-Range Forecasting Team is predicting another brutally cold and snowy winter for a large part of the country, thanks in large part to La Niña… yet again.   AccuWeather.com’s long-range experts agree that the Midwest and Great Lakes region will be dealt the worst of winter this year.

AccuWeather predicts the interior Northeast [...]

Fall Begins – Winter is Coming

From Accuweather:  This morning at 5:05 a.m. EDT marked the arrival of the autumnal equinox and the official start of the fall season, astronomically speaking.  The autumnal equinox occurs when the sun crosses the celestial equator from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere.  “It’s the same as the spring equinox, but in fall, the [...]

Weather Forecast for Fall 2011

AccuWeather has posted their projected weather for the upcoming fall months.

Rest-of-the-Winter Weather Forecast

For people who are sick of the cold and snow and hoping for a quick end to winter, AccuWeather.com Chief Long Range Forecaster Joe Bastardi may have bad news.

More persistent cold is expected to hold strong through at least the middle of February across much of the eastern two-thirds of the country. Bastardi also [...]

November Cold Blast

Accuweather says that signs continue to point toward an arctic cold outbreak beginning the third week of November in the Northwest, expanding to much of the eastern half of the U.S. before Thanksgiving.  Snow and a freeze-up accompanying the cold blast may lead to travel problems. The air will have tremendous shock [...]

NE Snow Conditions

Current snowfall depth in NE are shown below

More snow is expected this week.  The storm will first pile several inches of snow along a swath from the central and southern Rockies to Kansas and Missouri, and spark powerful thunderstorms in the lower Mississippi Valley today and on Sunday.  Early next week, the snow [...]

NE NOAA Snow Depth Map

A useful tool for planning any winter adventure is the NOAA Snow Depth Map.  You can see a current snow depth map for the North East at http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/nerfc/graphics/snowmaps/sd1_today.jpg.

There is a similar version at the Western Regional Headquarters (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/)

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Sunspot Activity Predicts a Colder Winter

Sunspots are planet-sized pockets of magnetism with much greater energy output and matter expulsion, some of which strikes the Earth’s atmosphere as extra energy from the sun.  Scientifically sunspot numbers have been recorded for over 400 years.

Sunspot activity has been linked with climatological swings in global temperatures. When sunspot activity has peaked we [...]