Snow Predictions 2009

by admin on October 1, 2009

Reader Tom Dahl submitted the following query, anyone wishing to make a prediction is encouraged to comment with your reasoning…

I’ve got a neighbor who says it’s going to be a big snow year because the pine cones are heavy.
A guy at the local snowmobile shop says it’s going to be a terrible year because the bees at his cabin built a hive only 2 feet off the ground.

I hardly think either of these are based in science, but fun none the less. Anyone else have their own methods for predicting what Mother Nature has in store for us? знакомство без секса

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smjones October 2, 2009 at 8:36 am: The only other one I have heard regards the “Wooly Worm” – the black and orange caterpillar. Folk lore says the width of the orange band predicts the severity (coldness) of the winter. The wider the orange band, the colder the winter. However, I have not been there lately to check it out, so cannot comment on this years band width.

smjones
cabinweb@comcast.net October 4, 2009 at 9:42 am: Well, NOAA predicts a moderate El Nino for 2009-2010, suggesting warmer and drier conditions than normal.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.pdf

But given past predictions I’d look to the Wooly Worm, bees and Pine Cone theories first.

Ray
gegibbons October 4, 2009 at 9:55 pm: I have seen very few squirrel dropped pine cones around our cabin/neighborhood this fall. Usually they are everywhere. Anyone else notice this??
Jerry
Elaine October 10, 2009 at 5:01 pm: This has been a very busy year for the squirrel. In fact, in the mornings it sounds like we are being shot at. The squirrels are dropping the pine cones and they hit our metal roofs. They drop them green and eat the seeds so they leave a mess all over our sealed driveway. This is the most action we have seen in 12 years of living here. We shall see!