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From the “Woolly Bear’’ convention at Hagerstown, Maryland, the word is that winter ’83-’84 will include 111 cold days, 97 wet ones, 26 cyclonic times and except for a colder than normal April, be otherwise “nondescript.”
Mountain weather watchers have known for ages that the severity and nature of the forthcoming winter can be accurately gaged by watching the “woolly bear” worm. The fuzzier he gets, the worse the weather will be. If the black band at the front end of the caterpillar is wider than the black band at his back, the first part of the season will be the worst and the other way around. If the middle reddish-brown band is wide, the winter will be
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