January Event?

[Mark Spremulli]

I have booked a room for the first January Event, when we will know if it is a go or not?

[Joe Fox]

Mark I will send out confirmation emails as soon as we know. But it will be no later than December 15th unless something unexpected comes up such as an ice storm, or something similar making operations virtually impossible.

[James Patten]

The January photo event has been confirmed that it will be happening.

A bit of interesting forecasting for this coming winter.  In my office there's a couple of weather geeks.  One of them noted that in October there was significant snow cover in Siberia.  A weather scientist has noted that there appears to be a correlation between Siberian snow cover in the fall and snow during winter in New England.  A snowy October in Siberia means a cold and snowy winter in New England.  Those of you that recall our winter of 2 years ago will remember that it snowed a lot that winter, from the end of January on.  The previous October there was a lot of snow in Siberia.

Just something to potentially look forward to for our January events.

[Ed Lecuyer]

Au contraire.

I have noticed a direct 1:1 relationship to winters being extremely severe following whenever I move to a new home. This all started when I purchased my first house and eagerly cleared (for the first time, in November) the driveway, walkways, sidewalk, and off-street parking by hand. By March, after one of the snowiest winters on record, only the narrowest of passages were cleared. The next few winters were relatively mild.

Then I moved, and we got clobbered again. Followed by mostly mild winters.

Then I moved, and we got clobbered again. Followed by mostly mild winters.

Then I moved, and we got clobbered again. Followed by mostly mild winters.

Then I moved, and we got clobbered again. Followed by mostly mild winters.

I did not move this year; therefore we will have a mild winter.

(Maybe they should send me to Siberia.)

[Wayne Laepple]

The oak trees in my yard here in Pennsylvania have been dumping huge quantities of acorns for several weeks, so many that it's almost hazardous to walk for fear of getting clobbered. The old-timers say that a large acorn crop is a sign of  hard winter to come.

[James Patten]

ED: please never move again. 

[Philip Marshall]

The acorn crop is really more of a retrospective index of weather conditions when the oak trees were flowering and pollinating in the spring -- either the spring of the current year if they're white oaks, or the spring of the previous year if they're red or black oaks (the acorns of which require two years to mature). In either case, dry and sunny weather in the spring means more acorns in the fall, and wet weather means fewer. That said, there does appear to be some periodicity to acorn crops, with "mast years" with lots of acorns occurring maybe every 3 to 5 years.

[Wayne Laepple]

Bingo, Phillip. This is our fourth fall here.

[Bill Reidy]

A bit of interesting forecasting for this coming winter.  In my office there's a couple of weather geeks.  One of them noted that in October there was significant snow cover in Siberia.  A weather scientist has noted that there appears to be a correlation between Siberian snow cover in the fall and snow during winter in New England.  A snowy October in Siberia means a cold and snowy winter in New England.  Those of you that recall our winter of 2 years ago will remember that it snowed a lot that winter, from the end of January on.  The previous October there was a lot of snow in Siberia.

https://weather.com/news/weather/news/snow-siberia-russia-united-states-cold

-- courtesy of another weather geek.

[Carl G. Soderstrom]

Huge Walnut crop here in MN - been very wet all year.

What does the Wooly Caterpillar predict?

[Carl G. Soderstrom]

This just in.
A lot of waffle but the Siberian thing seems to be key.

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/world/4150680-winter-coming-maybe-soon

What we get you get.