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Winter Forecast 2012

Monday, August 20, 2012

Weather Forecasters Predict Snowy Winter 2012

The normal snowfall amount for the D.C. metropolitan area is 14.6 inches.

Following a snow “drought” this past winter, the mid-Atlantic and southern New England are expected to get a snow dump this winter, including the metropolitan Washington area. AccuWeather.com is predicting big storms during January and February with the potential for large snowstorms to create travel headaches in the major cities. "The I-95 cities could get hit pretty good,” AccuWeather.com lead long-range forecaster Paul Pastelok said in a statement. “It's a matter of getting the cold to phase in with the huge systems that we are going to see coming out of the southern branch of the jet stream this year." The normal snowfall amount for the Washington metropolitan area is 14.6 inches. Snowfall amounts in Northern Virginia have been erratic…

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Winter Weather Forecast: Normal Temps, More Snow—Maybe

First snowfall in early December. Blizzard Jan. 30 - 31. Are you ready?

Jason Samenow of the Capital Weather Gang said he knows of no meteorologist, including himself, who "assign[s] any legitimacy to the Old Farmer's Almanac weather predictions." But even Samenow admits that sometimes the Almanac gets it right. The Farmers' Almanac said it was "on the money" in 2011 with several forecasts, including these: • "Accurately predicted a major snowstorm for the Northeastern and Great Lakes states for early February 2011. At that time, heavy snow did pound the Northeastern U.S., while a blizzard shut down Chicago." • "Predicted that the spring of 2011 would be exceptionally wet, and that parts of the U.S. would see a very active tornado season. This proved to be true when flooding overwhelmed the Mississippi River …

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