Cold Weather and lots of It Are Heading Our Way For The Winter

"Farmer's Almanac predicts abnormally cold winter"

By Krista Flynt Sun Journal

Published: Aug 31, 2009 12:00 am

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -" Americans should double-check their supply of long johns and sweaters for the winter ahead, which the Farmers' Almanac predicts will be colder than usual across three-fourths of the nation.

But people who put their stock in the more scientific-based National Weather Service might want to think twice, with the weather service calling for a warmer-than-normal winter.

The almanac's 2010 edition, which goes on sale Tuesday, says numbingly cold temperatures will predominate in the country's midsection, from the Rocky Mountains in the West to the Appalachians in the East. " Read more>>