Winter Weather for 2023/2024

[hardwater diehard]

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/extended-forecast

[Fish Butcher]

Looks like the Midwest will be back in business as normal. Yea!!!

[GBguy]

I don't trust them to get the weather forecast right more than a few hours in advance, so I don't put too much stock in these long term outlooks.

[cwavs1982]

Gives hope, but that's about it. We'll see how it turns out!

[skifisher]

I have a “Weather Rock”,…it’s a rock on a cord hanging outside the front door.
If it’s hot it’s hot, if it’s cold it’s cold, windy it’s moving, calm it’s not. If it’s wet it’s raining, if it’s white it’s snowing! This thing is NEVER wrong! I think I’ll just go with it! 😜

[DR.SPECKLER]

I will believe it when i see it.hope to be walking on safe ice here in Michigan.last year was the first year in 30+ years i did not walk on the hardwater.

[FishGut]

I hear that, Doc. I only went out three times, because there wasn't ice thicker than 4 inches within 100 miles of my house.

[hardwater diehard]

I have been following her for several season ...pretty much spot on in my area with her winter forcast.


https://www.facebook.com/rebeccanortheastweather

https://wx4cast.blogspot.com/2023/08/rebeccas-2023-fall-outlook.html?fbclid=IwAR0EWYbQKICWT78KeBbnK-nk_vbqS-GbgXMKdQpgFULEK1OdFpRhZKTJ9Dg

[trophytaker1]

We can only hope that this is true.

[hardwater diehard]

https://www.almanac.com/fall-weather-forecast


https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/accuweathers-2023-us-fall-forecast/1562599

[DBV]

Hard to get excited about those forecasts anymore.  Last 3 years all similar and by forecasters that are usually good and they all were not even close at least in NE Ohio.   You could almost bet how the Winter will go, ie warmer than normal and then might get some back end cold, which by then is too late.     

Maybe they will be right this time though and that would be awesome!  Hope this cooler summer weather in our area sticks around for Fall and Winter.

[missoulafish]

looks good on paper lol

[WARRIOR_ON_ICE]

Long range forecasts are meaningless. I don't trust anything farther out than 7 days. If you know when the ice fishing season starts and ends, on average, for the waters you fish, then adjust your thinking and anticipation for the shortest season, and don't plan to get on ice until 2 weeks after the average start date, and plan for it to end 2 weeks before the average end date. If you adjust your thinking this way, you will not have unrealistic expectations for the season, and if you are lucky you will be surprised " to the upside " by a colder than average winter.

[hardwater diehard]

And there is this:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/map-predicting-above-average-snowfall-was-created-as-satire-in-2014-fact-check/ar-AA1fa2FE?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=5b5d732008fd468297daf924ef596033&ei=32

[glenwyo]

Don Day, of DayWeather, is one of the best, in my opinion, meteorologists around. Very thorough in explaining various elements that effect our weather and why we experience the weather we have. He has a daily podcast on YouTube Monday - Friday. His forecasts focus mainly on Wyoming and the western states but will also show others parts of the nation. He gave a very good explanation yesterday about what the winter of 2023/24 could look like. Not an all-out prediction but showing how various factors could effect our temperatures and precipitation. Here is the link about the winter forecast.

[kb]

Didnt get out at all last winter due to lack of ice.  Hoping to get out this year...

[rdhammah]

they were kinda right about this past winter. they predicted a warmer than normal winter, and it was.

[rdhammah]

Didnt get out at all last winter due to lack of ice.  Hoping to get out this year...

you and me both. All we can do is hope.

[OldSailor]

MORE------https://www.yahoo.com/sports/signs-point-strong-el-ni-154035553.html

[zcm_82]

NOAA forecast above average temps here last winter, and aside from a big cold shot right before Xmas they were spot on... it was a garbage season.

Fall was very cold vs average, but winter was crap. I got on the ice maybe 8 days. One of them was an absolute freak day on a backwater in November (my only Nov ice day in the 16 years I've lived here), a few days right around Xmas, and then a few at the beginning of February. Everything was open water most of the winter.

They're calling for a similar winter here this year, so my hopes aren't real high. 

[filetandrelease]

 I take what cards are dealt last 2 years I’ve come up about a 1.5 weeks short of normal , but boat  was in 5 days later for perch 👍

[hardwater diehard]

I was able to get out on my local lake 7-8 times ...fished long days knowing that each day it may be the last of the season . The middle of the lake never really froze with safe ice ..but I was able to fish the community hole which was great for producing some good catch days/nights . The earlier December ice up had me excited for a long season but in the back of my mind I kinda knew something was amiss ...so fished as often as I could as long as I could . Hoping this year is much better. 

[SLAYERFISH]

Forecast was Spot-On last year.
Hoping they're right, I CANNOT wait to get back to Kansas again!

[hardwater diehard]

Not the whole kit n caboodle ...day or so out

 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=697986735700687&set=a.640691854763509

[hardwater diehard]

https://www.almanac.com/winter-extended-forecast-farmers-almanac

[OldSailor]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/expect-first-freeze-season-090036795.html

[glenwyo]

Pretty good snowfall in the mountains of northwestern/north central Wyoming the past few days.

[OldSailor]

MORE---- https://www.yahoo.com/news/el-ni-o-winter-coming-084442094.html

[hardwater diehard]

This is part one ...I believe she does 3 total tweaking them...she has been pretty spot on on her predictions for my area .

https://wx4cast.blogspot.com/2023/10/2023-2024-winter-outlook-part-one.html?fbclid=IwAR2eEwCcaUS6tGIGizoat-n0DNBppcu6UmcSI76cuku8WqhSuHKx-7qmZjw

[hardwater diehard]

Never heard of this before

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