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U.S. NEWS Monday 14 august 2017

Almanac: Plenty of cold, snow for this winter for Northeast

prognosticator, who works rely on numerical models,
under a pseudonym, sug- statistics and observation.
gests colder-than-normal There’s more than just
temperatures for eastern weather in the almanac,
and central regions, wet- which has a circulation of
ter-than-normal weather 2.1 million in North Ameri-
for southeastern states and ca. The Maine-based publi-
drier-than-normal condi- cation, not to be confused
tions for the nation’s west- with the Old Farmer’s Al-
ern third that was pum- manac in neighboring New
meled by snow last winter. Hampshire, is finding new
It also predicts “wild” win- readers among Americans
ter variations for the area interested in where their
where Arkansas, Louisiana, food comes from, growing
and Oklahoma meet. fresh produce in home gar-
Editors continue to stick dens and finding a simpler
to their timeworn formula, way of living.
even though they admit Many of those readers are
forecasting is an “inexact city dwellers who may nev-
science.” Modern scien- er set foot on a farm, said
tists are skeptical. Maine Editor Peter Geiger.
State Climatologist Sean The changing demograph-
Birkel prefers the National ics inspired a change. The
Oceanic and Atmospheric cover still features an old
Administration’s number- farmhouse but it also de-
crunching forecasts that picts skyscrapers, as well.q

This photo provided by the Farmers’ Almanac show the cover
of the 2018 Farmers’ Almanac in Portland, Maine.
Associated Press
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — heavy snow failed to ma-
Northeasterners, keep your terialize in the Midwest and
mittens, boots and show the Middle Atlantic states
shovel handy. were milder than anticipat-
The Farmer’s Almanac that ed last winter.
goes on sale this week pre- “Being in the business of
dicts a snowy winter from predicting long-range
Maryland to Maine with weather forecasts is excit-
five coastal storms to bring ing, worrisome and reward-
winter misery to the region. ing,” said managing editor
The publication, now in Sandi Duncan. “Many of
its 200th year, isn’t afraid our readers rejoice when
to go out on a limb with we predict cold and snowy
long-term weather fore- conditions while others
casts that rely on a formula complain that it’s too cold
founder David Young first and wet. Yet we have to
used in 1818 that utilizes stick by our predictions no
sunspots, tidal action and matter what Mother Na-
other factors shunned by ture may throw at us.”
modern scientists. The 2018 edition dubbed
Editors are looking to re- this winter: “The cold, the
deem themselves after dry, and the wet, and the
missing the mark when wild.” Its reclusive weather