Winter Weather Forecast Summary
With the meteorological start to winter just one month away, forecasters are busy making their predictions for the upcoming season. Here’s a roundup:
National Weather Service: Probably the most non-committal of the lot. They are basically predicting equal chances of above or below normal temperatures and snowfall east of the Mississippi in their second round of forecasting dated October 20th. That’s a bit of a pullback from the initial forecast, which called for a greater than 50% chance of warmer than normal weather into North Georgia. They’ll update their forecast around the middle of November.
Accuweather.com: Between one and two degrees colder than normal for North Georgia, with slightly less than normal snowfall. They are predicting a much colder and snowier winter than normal for New England. In their city-specific forecast, they say it will be 1.5 degrees colder than normal with a mean temperature of 42.8 in Athens, and 43.4 degrees in Atlanta, and 3 inches of snow (normal is 2), both for Atlanta and Athens.
WeatherAmerica: Larry Cosgrove, a meteorologist in New Jersey, issues a regular national short term forecast. His national winter forecast calls for below normal temperatures and above normal snowfall for the southeast, and he warns there could be snow as far south of Interstate 10 in early February. Larry is an excellent writer, and a great read; his forecast goes into a lot of weather details to back up his predictions.
Kirk Melhuish: WSB Radio forecaster is calling for colder than normal temperatures, and less than normal precipitation for the winter. He’ll update his forecast around Thanksgiving.
The Farmer’s Almanac: Their secret weather forecasting system is predicting a wild ride with temperatures going from cold to warm, but in general, they are predicting a colder than normal winter in the South.
The consensus seems to trend towards a colder than normal winter (much to the dismay of those with gas heat), but the jury is still out on snow. With Atlanta lucky to get one or two days of snow a year, it’s tough to know exactly what will happen. Only time will tell.
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