Cold winter?

[PapaGarrettP]

Has anyone heard any preliminary commentary about whether Winter 2012 will be either unseasonably colder or warmer?

[Doughnut]

Last I heard was predicting a dry and mild fall and winter, wet spring.

[4eyedbuzzard]

Relating to trail weather, most of the long range predictions (I hate to call them actual forecasts) I've seen call for cold and heavy snow or ice all along the Appalachians (from just about northern GA thru ME), and colder than average temps thru Feb in the southeast. Most cite LaNina and the NCO and the PDO and all sorts of fancy scientific indictators as evidence to back their predictions. I don't pay any heed to weather forecasts though, as I live in New England, and winter = cold and snow here every year. The thickness of fur on a woolly caterpillar I saw the other day confirms all this as well ;-)

[ChinMusic]

I haven't seen our Wooly Worms yet this year.

[PapaGarrettP]

Thanks for the input. I will continue to watch the trends. I don't mind cold. It's only the cold and wet which would make me switch to plan B (Northern Florida). Unfortunately that is a decision I can only make a couple of days before my trip (Georgia; Thanksgiving week).

[Slo-go'en]

Will let you know next April...

[Odd Man Out]

I heard a report that Chicago was going to have a cold winter with a lot of snow - as much as 40 inches. I laughed. I wish we only had 40 inches!

[Doc Mike]

We have had 40 in a day and 200 in a month. I love snow.

[Blissful]

I haven't seen our Wooly Worms yet this year.

I saw my first yesterday! It had a long rusty body and short black segments on either end.

[Blissful]

Will let you know next April...

That's about the size of it..

prepare for anything and everything

[hikerboy57]

watch the squirrels and the oaks. big acorn crops, along with squirrels sporting bushier tails usually are signs of an upcoming severe winter.
or not.
Havent checked the farmers almanac, but its usually more accurate than the weather channel.