Zone 8, here I come!

I can only hope!

Doesn't look like the NW states will be much warmer or wetter unless when they refer to the Pacific NW they are including the Inland NW.

My guess is that the west will generally have a warmer than normal winter while the east will have a colder than average winter. Different than what the experts say, but I'm holding to it.

I remember hearing or reading to watch the Oak Trees, if there are alot of acorns dropped in the late summer/early fall it will be a rough winter. So if thats any indication, since I have millions this year all over my yard then the NE is in for bad winter.
Alberta

At least it says the Ohio Valley will be wetter than normal. I do hate the snow/ice/freezing rain, but this year we really need every drop of moisture we can get. I might whine when it snows and it takes me hours to get to and from work, but I'll try to remember the parched earth and dry, fried plants.

Karen

Heard it. Don't believe it.

I wouldn't mind a mild winter, honestly. enough snow for the kids to play for a few days, that's all I need.
Alberta, my acorns are hitting the roof like crazy, I'm trying to train my 18 month old to pick them up and put them in his wagon. I'm still finding baby oaks all over from last year's batch, as the local squirrels aren't around much to help!

Proudgm...I'm not buying it either...At 1:00 a.m., my thermometer says 9...YEP--9 whole degrees...and we've had an inch+ of snow on the ground for the last 4 days.

Mother Nature has brought winter a couple weeks earlier than in the last few years...I'd like to have a few words with her...She was kind enough to bring us an exceptionally warm summer, but she's making up for it right now!
Barbara

The last time I had this many acorns, we had mega snow here. The squirrels have been working overtime the last month and a half getting them all planted in my flowerbeds (grrr). They are so hard to pull out in the spring! I believe the folklore and I'm getting my boots and mittens ready.
shimla

Are these the same folks who predicted a higher than average count of hurricanes for 2007 as well? Thank goodness they were wrong on that count!

My premonition is that we will have some snow, some cold temperatures mixed with warm ones a couple of times, rain mixed somewhere in there, shorter daylight hours, but a few sunny days to make us look forward to spring and summer. :O) Have a good one everyone!

Hmm...they didn't say anything about the Northeast..I wonder if that's good or bad.
It would be nice if it weren't as cold this winter, as long as we still get normal precip...emphasis on normal.

L

I picked up a Farmer's Almanac. I seem to recall also, that it would be a mild winter in the NE. But I don't remember what it said about precipitation, for some reason. I'll have to reread it. I think they have info on just about every region of the US, but I think I just skimmed over anything that wasn't the NE.

I recommend picking up a copy....it's full of a lot of interesting stuff....stories, folklore, along with the predictions.

Hey, Alberta - there's an article in the paper this morning about acorns. No weather predictions, though.

Here is a link that might be useful: Brimming with acorns