O.F., You love the beach so much, you should live somewhere you could go all year round. On the other hand, maybe it wouldn't be so special then. Now you have 180 days to anticipate the glory.

I am loving the rainy and wet forecast for Texas. I love it when it cools to the 60s and 70s and our lakes are really low.

You must live in a northern climate, OldFixer.

I went to the beach. And loved it. I have lived on the beach and loved it. I love autumn. No point in trying to fight what is so fantastic. Apples, pumpkins, warm spices, crackling fires, trees ablaze, Halloween fun, Thanksgiving meal with my kind and loving family... Yum. I have no problem. I'm happy to enjoy another fantastic season! Your map looks the same as every other year?

I will be counting down right with you until spring arrives again. Love the sunshine and heat of spring and summer. Can't stand being cold.

I'm looking forward to cooler weather. It's foggy and cool here this morning which is a great relief after days of unseasonably hot temperatures. I hate summer and hate being hot, so I welcome autumn and winter. I live in a temperate zone, so I don't have to make my way through snow and ice. I feel bad for those of you that do.

A special messenger of autumn showed up on a plant under my kitchen window yesterday. It's a long-haired chartreuse caterpillar the size of my little finger, and he was looking for a place to build his winter home. He has a little black 'tail' and black tufts along with black dots along his body. Now he has scaled a nine-foot stucco wall to just under the fascia board and is resting. I don't see any others. (He may have been delivered along with a big yellow mum brought to my front step by a friend.) I think he will become a very plain moth, but he's absolutely gorgeous now.

I like the rainy and wet for Texas too except Houston is in that red area along with all of Louisiana for Severe storms.
I wish for a nice long mild and beautiful fall and very little winter.
I hurt so much worse in the winter cold. I would love to live in a more tropical environment with a nice beach! I would love to be able to go to the beach every day.

Even summer comes with bad weather here... I enjoy every season, as long as the weather isn't extreme and/or dangerous.

I love being outdoors and love the sun too, but you will almost never find me at a beach.

OldFixer ... where do you live? We live in friendly Manitoba with cold winters and short summers with lots of mosquitoes. Hubby and I are fortunate that we have a little place in Florida along the gulf. We go there for six months and have been doing that for 22 years. I love the beach which is about 10 minutes away. Especially like it in November when the water temp is in the 80s. Got my bathing suit in the suitcase already.

I live in that gray area to the north.

I note that the area to the south is sort of gray, too.

Is the U.S. the only colourful area around?

o j

First time I've seen the map, so can't say that it looks the same as every other year. Since it was obviously US predictions, guess other areas are not included to have any color.