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Old 09-26-2023, 08:33 PM
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The Farmer's Almanac is forecasting a colder and snowier winter than average for the 23/24 winter season. This is no surprise as we are in a 9-year cooling trend, which is within a 6,000 year Milankovitch cooling trend, which is within our current 2.5 million year old Pleistocene Ice Age. The Pleistocene Ice Age is the subject of a talk on Sep 29 at 4 PM at Colony Cottage - for the Philosophy Club. Dress warm.
There is reportedly a 90% chance of an El Nino cycle forming in the coming weeks, which would for the next 9-12 months make it cooler than normal in most of the South (and wetter), but also warmer in the North and drier.

I guess we'll see If the Almanac was right, or scientists this year. I've found in many years past, they usually followed a similar prediction.