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Post by sigurdur on Sept 4, 2009 2:10:32 GMT
What are your predictions for the winter of 2009-2010 in the NH.
I have a gut feeling that it is going to be a very cold and snowy one in the upper MidWest of the USA. And I feel reallllllly sorry for the folks in Middle Canada.
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Post by twawki on Sept 4, 2009 7:49:32 GMT
Old farmers almanac prediction; Quote; Annual Weather Summary: November 2009 to October 2010 Winter will be colder than normal, on average, primarily due to persistent cold temperatures in January, with only brief thaws. Other cold periods will occur in mid-December and mid-February. Precipitation and snowfall will be below normal. Watch for a snowstorm around Thanksgiving, with other snowy periods in mid- and late December and mid- and late January. April and May will be slightly cooler than normal, with below-normal precipitation continuing and raising concern of summer drought. Summer will be cooler than normal, with slightly below normal rainfall. The hottest periods will be in early and mid-June, late July, and early to mid-August. September and October will be slightly drier than normal, with near-normal temperatures. www.almanac.com/weather/longrange |
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Post by jeroen on Sept 4, 2009 17:51:22 GMT
Western europe will get depending on a low jetstream just as last year a period of lots of snow and short intervals of freezing weather. When the jetstream is high it wil be soutwestern winds and rain whit hardly any sun.
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Post by Ulric Lyons on Sept 18, 2009 15:50:55 GMT
The main features for my solar based forecast for this period are;
below average temperature for October, November and the first half of December. From around the winter solstice, there will be a noticeable uplift in temperature, lasting through till the end of January.
This will bring strong N.H. snow falls around New Years Eve/Day.
Temperatures then drop below normals again all through February, March, and up to mid April, from when a warmer signal returns. Unlike the Old Farmers, I have May 2010 as particularly warm.
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Post by msphar on Sept 18, 2009 15:58:01 GMT
My prediction is for great skiing this winter, so I bought season passes for both Heavenly Valley and Homewood just in case.  |
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Post by neilhamp on Sept 19, 2009 16:02:54 GMT
The UK Met office is predicting a mild winter in Europe
"Early indications are that winter temperatures are likely to be near or above average over much of Europe including the UK. For the UK, Winter 2009/10 is likely to be milder than last year."
I wonder if it will be as accurate as their "barbecue summer"
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Post by gahooduk on Sept 20, 2009 22:17:46 GMT
well that settles it,
if the old meto says it is going to be warm...then i'm buying, a new warm fleece, snow chains for the car,56 lbs of rock salt and a new snow shovel....better also stock up with candles and some wood for the stove...because the power generation companies will not prepare for a hard winter and we will have power o in febuary
any one know what Pierres Corbyn the uk rogue weatherman is predicting for the winter?
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Post by Ulric Lyons on Sept 21, 2009 7:37:27 GMT
well that settles it, if the old meto says it is going to be warm...then i'm buying, a new warm fleece, snow chains for the car,56 lbs of rock salt and a new snow shovel....better also stock up with candles and some wood for the stove...because the power generation companies will not prepare for a hard winter and we will have power o in febuary any one know what Pierres Corbyn the uk rogue weatherman is predicting for the winter? I work with Piers, he hasn`t said anything about this winter yet. |
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Post by neilhamp on Sept 21, 2009 10:09:59 GMT
Nice to know ulric
Can you keep us posted?
I give local talks on climate change
I am predicting another cold winter this year based on the solar minimum and the Met.Office usual "accuracy".
It would be nice to know if I am right
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Post by Ratty on Sept 21, 2009 11:44:25 GMT
Just for what it's worth, in our early Spring, we still have heatwave conditions in Northern Australia.
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Post by pacman on Sept 21, 2009 23:05:48 GMT
I predict that the Gore Effect will activate between 7th and 18th December with blinding blizzards (particularly in Copenhagen) straight from Siberia. This will neatly coincide with the talk fest by those on the dark side.
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Post by jurinko on Oct 1, 2009 8:55:04 GMT
 Bastardi from Accuweather says the same. Go, skiers! |
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Post by steve on Oct 1, 2009 9:27:20 GMT
Looks like a nice and "warm" start to the new year in Greenland and Iceland in those plots above!
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Post by icefisher on Oct 1, 2009 16:02:25 GMT
Looks like a nice and "warm" start to the new year in Greenland and Iceland in those plots above! Yeah Steve, so much for modeling how about some real empirical stuff, pack a couple changes of beachwear and a puptent and come back in March and tell us how warm it was. |
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Post by steve on Oct 1, 2009 16:15:24 GMT
Looks like a nice and "warm" start to the new year in Greenland and Iceland in those plots above! Yeah Steve, so much for modeling how about some real empirical stuff, pack a couple changes of beachwear and a puptent and come back in March and tell us how warm it was. Since the above is predicting cooler for my area and the met office is going for close to average temperature (which means cold in 21st Century terms) I will wait to see what happens before I decide whether to go for a New Year's Day swim down at Exmouth beach. |
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