JANUARY 2012
A LIGHT WINTRY MIX THEN SOME LIGHT SNOW FOLLOWED BY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THE SECOND WEEK ... WITH ANOTHER WINTRY MIX FOR THE WEEKEND. THIRD WEEK IS GREY AND UNSETTLED WITH ON AND OFF LIGHT RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW. MAJOR WINTER STORM LAST WEEK.
FEBRUARY 2012
RAIN /ICE THEN SOME CLEARING.FIRST FULL WEEK-WET SNOW. SECOND WEEK SOME SHOWERS OR FLURRIES. MAJOR WINTER STORM THIRD WEEK ... SNOWSHOWERS TO END THE MONTH.
MARCH 2012
FLURRIES THEN THE FIRST FULL WEEK COULD SEE A CLOSE CALL FOR SNOW. SECOND WEEK IS MILD WITH SOME RAIN WHICH MAY CHANGE TO THUNDERSTORMS JUST BEFORE SPRING ARRIVES, AND IT SHOULD BE ON A SPRING-LIKE NOTE.
LA NINA ?
WHILE A LA NINA PATTERN IS PRESENTLY OBSERVED, SOME COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT IT WILL INTENSIFY THIS WINTER. AT THIS TIME, IT IS NOT AS STRONG AS IT WAS LAST YEAR, SO OUR THINKING IS TO GO WITH A WEAK LA NINA AND THEREFORE A WINTER NOT AS HARSH AS LAST YEAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF LA NINA INTENSIFIES THEN ALL BETS ARE OFF.
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST:
SINCE PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN AVERAGING WELL ABOVE NORMAL, PART OF THE FALL AND WINTER SEASON WILL SEE A COMPLETE REVERSAL. A COLDER WINTER MAY MEAN LESS SNOW.
