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Seasonal Outlook: Winter 07/08

ts01

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I followed the johndee.com site pretty closely last winter as I did some skiing in the upper midwest and have friends and family there. At least in the short to intermediate range (i.e. 1 to 14 days) he was dead on; obviously more useful in the shorter time frames.

Re the longterm forecast - who knows how accurate. They're pointless but fascinating.

The John Dee audience is snowmobilers but snow is snow. For what it's worth there's also a forum on the johndee site where the snow machine folks update conditions, tips, etc. which can be useful if you have occasion to ski in that area. There can be a lot of variation up there due to lake effect snow - last winter it was more or less bare where I stayed, but we drove 75 minutes east and had a fantastic powder day.
 

wxdog

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Winter forecast

Winter forecast from me: Near normal November temps with average snowfall. December will run a degree or so warmer than normal with near normal snow. Southern New England and NY may be up to 3 degrees warmer than normal. I think January will bring some fairly cold weather. February WILL BE WARM this year. March and April will bring above normal snowfall and colder than normal temps - overall, it SHOULD be a pretty good winter! - -Russ:snow:
 

Vortex

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Thankx Russ and welcome. You bring alot of credibility here and have the respect of the SR Crowd. Glad to see you share your knowledge and passion here.
 

bobbutts

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Winter forecast from me: Near normal November temps with average snowfall. December will run a degree or so warmer than normal with near normal snow. Southern New England and NY may be up to 3 degrees warmer than normal. I think January will bring some fairly cold weather. February WILL BE WARM this year. March and April will bring above normal snowfall and colder than normal temps - overall, it SHOULD be a pretty good winter! - -Russ:snow:

Hi Russ,
Since it looks like the first 1/2 of November is going to be below average are you forecasting a warmer than normal 2nd 1/2?
Do you see the Pacific Jet taking over in that range?
 

bobbutts

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Winter forecast from me: Near normal November temps with average snowfall. December will run a degree or so warmer than normal with near normal snow. Southern New England and NY may be up to 3 degrees warmer than normal. I think January will bring some fairly cold weather. February WILL BE WARM this year. March and April will bring above normal snowfall and colder than normal temps - overall, it SHOULD be a pretty good winter! - -Russ:snow:

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