Cruel winter lies ahead -Almanac

[Macator2003]

So are you totally pissed at this summer's lousy weather. Good thing the Labour Day weekend is looking like its going to be the best weather of the summer.

The 2009 Canadian Farmers’ Almanac contains 16 months of weather predictions for Canada– from September 2008 through December 31, 2009. You can get your copy today or get instant access to the entire edition online. Here's a link to this winter and next summer's forecast for Canada.

Its: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather/a/2008-09-weather-outlook-for-canada


"As homeowners across the country pray for a mild winter to offset rising energy costs, the world-famous Canadian Farmers’ Almanac is warning us to prepare for the worst. “Numb’s the word!” is how the 192-year-old publication is predicting the upcoming winter season.

For 2008–2009, the Canadian Farmers’ Almanac is forecasting a “numbing” winter, during which temperatures will average below normal for much of the country.

For most of Alberta , Saskatchewan, Manitoba and westernmost Ontario, temperatures will average much below seasonal norms. The coldest temperatures can be expected during January and February. In some cases, minus 40 degrees Celsius, or even minus 45 degrees Celsius, may not be out of the question.

It will also be unusually cold during the month of January in Quebec and in the Maritimes. Only British Columbia will see near-normal temperatures through the winter."

 

[shack]

And did the almanac predict record rainfall for this summer?

They can't predict what's gonna happen in 24 hours. No way I'm gonna believe anything that's predicted for that far down the road.

 

[tired old perv]

What lousy summer? It was fine by me. It is what it and what it is, it shall be.

 

[Music_Box]

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A Russian friend of mine told me last week that this winter is going to be brutal, how does he knows?

He told me his grandfather always predicted winter intensities with great accuracy back in Russia by looking at this certain type of tree and the early migration of birds. The old man now lives in Toronto and has seen that same type of tree for the first time in his 13 years in Canada change colors in early August when it should changing in mid October, which he says means a 100% brutal winter.

 

[Insidious Von]

I'll look at the positive to this grim perdiction.

If it gets as cold as the Almanac says it will stop the spread of the Mountain Pine Beetle out of British Columbia. Large tracks of BC's forests have been destroyed by this pest and the fear is that it will spread eastwards with succesive mild winters. Temperatures of minus 40 celsius will certainly kill this off.

 

[Music_Box]

And did the almanac predict record rainfall for this summer?

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My friend, predicting a rainy or unrainy summer is impossible knowing that ANYTHING can change the possibility of rain within 12 hours, but a hot winter or hot summer can be predicted easily and accurately.

 

[shack]

Cold weather doesn't affect driving, walking, shovelling, plowing.

I'm more interested in how much precipitation we have.

 

[Macator2003]

What lousy summer? It was fine by me. It is what it and what it is, it shall be.

Ah you're a tired old perv.

Toronto and the surrounding area got most rainfall in recorded history for the summer period (and summer ain't over until September 21, 22nd, 23rd....)

It was cool, well below average temperature maximums and minimums.

We had far less sunshine than average. Many more days where there was a northwesterly breeze. Only a handful of days when it didn't rain.

Whatever happened to the three H's (hazy, hot and humid).

Whatever happened to climate change (Global warming).

 

[ig-88]

Bananarama doesn't have a song for Cruel Winter.

 

[shack]

Ah you're a tired old perv.

Toronto and the surrounding area got most rainfall in recorded history for the summer period (and summer ain't over until September 21, 22nd, 23rd....)

It was cool, well below average temperature maximums and minimums.

We had far less sunshine than average. Many more days where there was a northwesterly breeze. Only a handful of days when it didn't rain.

Whatever happened to the three H's (hazy, hot and humid).

Whatever happened to climate change (Global warming).

What did that fucking almanac predict?

 

[tired old perv]

Whatever happened to climate change (Global warming).

It was just some Algore speak.

 

[basketcase]

...
Toronto and the surrounding area got most rainfall in recorded history for the summer period (and summer ain't over until September 21, 22nd, 23rd....)

It was cool, well below average temperature maximums and minimums.

We had far less sunshine than average. Many more days where there was a northwesterly breeze. Only a handful of days when it didn't rain.

But on the plus side, a lot less air quality warnings, the weather was not too hot, and my vacation time happened to match up pretty well with the good weather.

 

[Dewalt]

What are you talking about, I had an awesome summer!

Of course I went to the equator...had to find summer somewhere cause it wasn't in Toronto

 

[Questor]

I'll look at the positive to this grim perdiction.

If it gets as cold as the Almanac says it will stop the spread of the Mountain Pine Beetle out of British Columbia. Large tracks of BC's forests have been destroyed by this pest and the fear is that it will spread eastwards with succesive mild winters. Temperatures of minus 40 celsius will certainly kill this off.

Too bad the Almanac predicts normal temperatures for BC. Everywhere else in Canada will be colder than usual. The minus 40 celsius predictions were made for Alberta, Sask., and Manitoba.

It always amazes me how people can read something and take a meaning from it entirely different than what it actually says. Sometimes myself included.

 

[Powershot]

Time to fatten up

 

[glaeken]

I'll look at the positive to this grim perdiction.

If it gets as cold as the Almanac says it will stop the spread of the Mountain Pine Beetle out of British Columbia. Large tracks of BC's forests have been destroyed by this pest and the fear is that it will spread eastwards with succesive mild winters. Temperatures of minus 40 celsius will certainly kill this off.

Too bad the Almanac predicts normal temperatures for BC. Everywhere else in Canada will be colder than usual. The minus 40 celsius predictions were made for Alberta, Sask., and Manitoba.

It always amazes me how people can read something and take a meaning from it entirely different than what it actually says.

Insidious Von's comment was that even though BC will have a mild winter, which will not stop the pine beetle in BC, the rest of the country will have a colder than normal winter that will stop the pine beetle from moving east. I think that's a perfectly reasonable conclusion to make given the almanac's prediction. He didn't say that it would stop the pine beetle in BC he said it would stop the spread of the pine beetle out of BC.

Like you, it always amazes me how people can read something and take a meaning from it entirely different than what it actually says.

 

[Questor]

Insidious Von's comment was that even though BC will have a mild winter, which will not stop the pine beetle in BC, the rest of the country will have a colder than normal winter that will stop the pine beetle from moving east. I think that's a perfectly reasonable conclusion to make given the almanac's prediction. He didn't say that it would stop the pine beetle in BC he said it would stop the spread of the pine beetle out of BC.

Like you, it always amazes me how people can read something and take a meaning from it entirely different than what it actually says.

*Slowly wiping egg off face*
IV clearly said it would stop the spread of pine beetle out of BC.
At this point I won't bother to split hairs by pointing out that in the long run, this will not make any difference, as IV's point still stands. I am glad I at least included myself in the group of people who does not know how to read properly.
*crawls back under rock in state of humiliation*

 

[glaeken]

*Slowly wiping egg off face*
IV clearly said it would stop the spread of pine beetle out of BC.
At this point I won't bother to split hairs by pointing out that in the long run, this will not make any difference, as IV's point still stands. I am glad I at least included myself in the group of people who does not know how to read properly.
*crawls back under rock in state of humiliation*

Hey, don't take it so bad. We've all done it, myself included.

 

[Moraff]

What did that fucking almanac predict?

I'm with Shack, if we're going to fear the oncoming winter because of what the Almanac says, how accurate was it in forecasting the past summer?

 

[Bear669]

And...

I'll look at the positive to this grim perdiction.

If it gets as cold as the Almanac says it will stop the spread of the Mountain Pine Beetle out of British Columbia. Large tracks of BC's forests have been destroyed by this pest and the fear is that it will spread eastwards with succesive mild winters. Temperatures of minus 40 celsius will certainly kill this off.

..re-generate glaciers & arctic ice!

BTW- Our wet cool weather is due to the Alaskan volcano.