Farmers’ Almanac Releases Winter 2018 Forecast For North Carolina

The Farmers’ Almanac has released its long-range prediction for winter 2018. If you have your heart set on snow, you just might get it this year. According to the Almanac folks, North Carolina will experience "above-normal" precipitation and the region will have a "wintry chill, wet & white" winter.

Farmer's Almanac, the iconic publication that's been serving up weather predictions since 1818, says that based on its formula many areas will see "above-normal" precipitation. It means North Carolina will experience "above-normal" precipitation and that the region will have a "wintry chill, wet & white" winter.

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According to the Almanac, it’s going to be wet and cold in our region, with the Great Lakes and Northeast having snowier than normal conditions. The Farmers' Almanac also is "red-flagging the 2018 dates of January 20-23, February 4-7 & 16-19, and March 1-3 & 20-23 along the Atlantic Seaboard for some heavy precipitation."

“Break out the space heaters, umbrellas, and warm socks, because the Southeast will see below normal winter temperatures with an unseasonable chill reaching as far south as the Gulf Coast, with above-average precipitation,” the Almanac’s forecast said.

According to the experts at the National Weather Service, temperatures across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions will be above average for the three-month period through November. The weather service hasn't yet issued its predictions for winter.

Here is the Farmers’ Almanac forecast for the next three months:
AUGUST 2017

• 16th-19th: Wet system from Gulf of Mexico moves inland and brings copious rain to Mississippi and Lower Tennessee Valleys northeast to the Virginias.
• 20th-23rd: Total eclipse may be a hard to see because of poor weather. Showers, then fair.
• 24th-27th: Hefty thunderstorm activity gives a glancing blow to the upper Tennessee Valley, otherwise, generally fair skies elsewhere.
• 28th-31st: Thunderstorms, some heavy.

SEPTEMBER 2017

• 1st-3rd: Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms.
• 4th-7th: Hot and oppressively humid. Hurricane threat along the Gulf Coast.
• 8th-11th: Heavy thunderstorms along the Gulf Coastal Plain.
• 12th-15th: Unsettled.
• 16th-19th: Showery, then clearing.
• 20th-23rd: Windy/rainy conditions.
• 24th-27th: Squalls sweep across the region from west-to-east.
• 28th-30th: Hurricane or tropical storm threat for the Atlantic Seaboard.

OCTOBER 2017

• 1st-3rd: Dry, tranquil conditions.
• 4th-7th: Gusty winds but continued mainly fair skies.
• 8th-11th: Heavy rain thanks to a low-pressure disturbance moving off the Atlantic Coast.

Click here to read the full long-range forecast by the Farmers’ Almanac.

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