BRRRRRRR!!!

[tarbot]

 AccuWeather.Com Winter Forecast
Updated: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:31 AM

2008-09 Winter to Be a Cold Slap in The Face in the East

AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Joe *****i Forecasts Coldest Winter in Five Years

AccuWeather.com Chief Long-Range Forecaster Joe *****i today released his 2008-09 Winter Season Forecast addressing issues of average temperature and precipitation impacting the nation. His forecast calls for one of the coldest winters in several years across much of the East.

The core of cold was centered across the Midwest last year but is expected to be farther east this year. *****i says the winter of 2008-2009 will be viewed as the hardest in several years. "It may be a shock to some when compared with the above-average temperatures of last year in the East. It will put some 'brrrrrr' in the saddle of folks who have not had to deal with such things for a while," he cautions.

"In the eastern half of the nation, people will look at the winter as bookends of cold," *****i said. He says the overall colder and snowier winter will be off to a cold start in December with perhaps the roughest winter month for much of the nation. It may finish with another cold spell in late January and February.

Between the bookends of cold, *****i expects "the January thaw of old winter lore" but it will offer only a temporary break to consumers. "The winter as a whole in the population-dense eastern third of the nation will be a one-two punch of higher heating prices and lower temperatures. Given this economic environment, the winter will push some homeowners to the brink," he concludes. In some cases, homeowners trying to keep their residences as warm as last winter could spend hundreds of dollars more this heating season.

Temperatures across most of the West will be warmer than last year and should be warmer than normal, which will help consumers by keeping heating cost increases in check. The northern Rockies and Northwest will still have more snow than normal but not as much as last year, where some locations developed a snow pack that reached twice normal levels.

The Midwest was blasted by snow last year and many communities ran very low on salt to keep roads clear of ice. Despite the elevated cost of salt this winter season, these areas will receive a break in the form of less snow than last year. Unfortunately, the East will not turn out as lucky, as more snowfall than last year is expected.
 

[FishingNewEngland]

Bring it on!

[chimo]

Hmmmm! maybe I will get to do some ice fishing before xmas break this year!!!  Considering I don't know where I will be in January yet that is great news!!  good fishin

Chimo

[lake snake]

  All I ask for is 4 inches of good ice by Christmas.

[mainedukblaster]

swweeeeeeeetttt

[BaitWrangler]

Sounds good to me!!

Thanks for sharing Tarbot. 

[rayfish]

I'll believe it when were walking on 4inches of beautiful black ice!

[salmon-egg]

maybe this is not a good winter to live in my camper.

[pikeking]

Live in the camper,,,

I wish,
 she won't let me get her mad enough to make me go to the camper. I don't know what it is, I buy new fishing stuff and she just says, Oh that's nice. I do it just to see if she will get mad sometimes. I think it's impossable to get her mad.

[CrappieBuster]

15 day forecast for Northern Iowa is calling for snow around october 20th with lows in the lower 20s.

[Trooper Bri]

Woke up to 35 degrees the past 2 mornings, and 60 today. Oh well, but i'll take one more sunny weekend in the low 70's. Hopefully it'll go back to cold and cloudy during the week. 

[SkeeterJeff]

I don't know what it is, I buy new fishing stuff and she just says, Oh that's nice.

I buy new fishing stuff and my wife says, "Did you buy some for me too?"

I'll swear, that woman loves to fish more than I do. 

Jeff

P.S.  NO, she does NOT have a sister. 

[Hard Ice]

but dang time..

[MrMarty51]

predicting an inch of snow for tonight and one to two inches for tomorrow night.

[jon in ct]

Last year first time out for me was November 27th.  With the cold forecast, I'm hoping a good week earlier if not more!  Oh yeah I'm talking NY...

[rich81]

maybe this is not a good winter to live in my camper.

put a woodstove in the camper