The last few brilliant colors of autumn fade from the scenic views of the area to reveal a bleak landscape of browns which will inevitably be draped in blankets of white.
While the weather this upcoming week will begin on the more mild side, the National Weather Service predicts that it will get chilly toward the weekend and beginning of next week. The cold chill in the area will promote the possibility of predicted snow showers with minimal to no snow accumulation.
“Although it is certainly not unusual to see snowfall in early to mid November in the Bradford area, this fall has been more mild,” said Craig Evanego, a forecaster at the State College Station for the National Weather Service. “Although this area will see snowfall this week, the showers are not expected to leave behind any significant accumulation.”
According to the National Weather Service there will be a chance for snow showers after 1 a.m. on Thursday night. Rain and snow showers likely again on Friday night followed by a chance of snow showers Saturday, which will continue through the evening.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts this winter will be warmer and rainier than normal with near-normal snowfall. However the Farmer’s Almanac is predicting this winter will be colder than normal with above normal snowfall.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac states that “the coldest periods will be in mid- and late December, early and late January, and early February. The snowiest periods will be in early December, early and late January, early February, and mid-March. April and May will be slightly warmer than normal, with near-normal precipitation.”
The Farmer’s Almanac not only diverges from it’s contemporary on the temperature and amount of snowfall this winter but also has a different prediction come springtime. It states, “Winter will hang on with stormy conditions up through the official start of spring, especially for the East Coast.”
The Farmer’s Almanac warns that “no matter what the groundhog says in February, winter isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. A potent East Coast storm could deliver a wide variety of wintry precipitation at the end of March.”
