Meteorologists are already predicting what the winter months will bring, with some regions of the US expected to see less snow than last year, and nor’easters anticipated to ravage parts of the Northeast.
Paul Pastelok, chief meteorologist for AccuWeather’s long-range forecasting team, told the Daily Mail that while he didn’t expect above normal snowfall for the winter season, he warned that those in the Northeast should brace for nor’easters and it would still be a harsh winter.
Pastelok explained that the nor’easter over this weekend is on trend with what is to come, as rapidly developing storms come in off the East Coast.
‘People may say, “Well, you’re forecasting less snow, so it doesn’t look like a harsh winter.” That’s not true because the snow and the ice and the mixed precipitation are worse than having the snow sometimes,’ he said.
He added that the East Coast could still expect stormy patterns throughout the winter season, even as early as December.
‘We have to be ready for the possibility of a sneaky storm or two in December, and then a lot of mixing storms in January in the East,’ Pastelok said.
The prediction may be a surprise to those who have been enjoying the recent 80-degree heat in the area but Pastelok said that those days would feel like ‘a far memory’ by the end of the month.