Patch Flash: Forecasts Say La Nina Likely to Bring Another Cold, Snowy Winter
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Long-range forecasters are expecting this winter's snowfall and average temperatures to rank the city as home to the nation's worst winter. According to AccuWeather.com's forecast, the Chicago area will likely be clobbered by between 50 and 58 inches of snow this winter -- approximately the same amount as the 56 inches that fell over the city last year. The culprit is La Nina, said Ed Fenelon, meteorologist for the National Weather Service's Chicago office. “In a La Niña pattern, there are mild periods followed by cold outbreaks, and snowy weather. There is a higher than normal risk of severe weather, like the tornadoes we had in November last year,” Fenelon said. The city of Elmhurst has not escaped the emerald ash borer infestation …
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3:22 pm on Thursday, October 6, 2011
People should remember even though the winter was not a mild one last year twenty plus inches of that 56 last winter fell in the big storm in one day. I would take that scenario over 8 storms at 6" apiece more ›