Long-Range Weather Forecast is Bad News

If you had deluded yourself into thinking the abnormally hot summer would mean a much tamer winter, it's time to recalibrate.

A new long-range forecast by AccuWeather condemns New England to "frequent storms" and more snow than usual.

"I think the Northeast is going to see more than just a few, maybe several, systems in the course of the season," AccuWeather long-range forecaster Paul Pastelok said.

Much of last winter's snowfall was thanks to a few major storms. This winter, AccuWeather says, storms will be more frequent and could last into the middle of spring.

Accumulation might be limited south of New York City.

"But still, Boston, Hartford, along the coastal areas up into Connecticut and southern New England, they can still have a fair amount of snow," Pastelok said.

That hot summer won't carry over. While the region is predicted to have less subzero days than usual, the average temperature is expected to be 3-5 degrees lower than last winter.