(Personally I base my forecast off what happens in CA for Switzerland snow- though i have watched the weather move from MI to Switzerland over a decade)(i look at both coasts- CA to work out how much snow shovelling I must do- MI for when to expect weather events)
Cold Zones:
Coldest: Northern Plains to New England, plus Northwest (Idaho, Washington).
Major cold snaps expected mid-January and mid-February.
Snow Outlook:
New England: Frequent snowstorms.
Atlantic Coast: Significant rain, occasional snow mix.
Mid-Atlantic Mountains: Decent snow events.
Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, North Central: Classic snow-heavy winter.
Pacific Northwest Mountains: Impressive snow totals.
Regional Highlights:
Southeast: Average temps, wet;
Appalachians see occasional snow.
Texas/Southern Plains: Wetter than average, periodic cold snaps, limited snow but freezing rain possible.
Southwest: Wet winter, near-average temps
https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/farmers-almanac-unveils-long-range-forecast-widespread-wintry-weather-across-us
If you're worried about ticks, put up an owl box.
The animal driving most Lyme disease in the eastern US is the white-footed mouse. Ticks that feed on them are far more likely to come away infected than ticks that feed on other animals. The bigger the local mouse population, the worse the next year's tick year.
A single barred owl pair raising chicks can take hundreds of rodents in a breeding season. Owls also don't carry Lyme. The bacterium can't survive their digestive tract, so an owl that eats an infected mouse is a dead end for the disease.
Researchers at the Cary Institute, the leading lab on Lyme ecology, have been explicit about this: "Landscapes that support predators have reduced Lyme disease risk."
One owl box on its own isn't going to fix a tick year. But a yard with owls, foxes, bobcats, and weasels in it has fewer mice, and a yard with fewer mice has fewer infected ticks.
If you have woods or fields nearby, a properly sized barn owl or screech owl box (different species, different ...
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