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With regard to the second half of the winter, again the woolly bears and the Almanack differ. The woolly bears are predicting a very mild winter from Jan. 15 until spring, while the Almanack says the end of January will be very cold as well as February and the first part of March.
If the Almanack is correct in its prediction of both snowfall and temperature conditions, we will see the majority of the 51 inches of snow that is predicted fall in January and February. If the woolly bears, on the other hand, are correct, we will see a lot of rain in January and February and we will not see 51 inches of snow as the Almanack has called for.
According to Professor Bill O’Toole, the Almanack’s weather prognosticator and a Mt. St. Mary’s College Computer instructor, the first year of snow will be in the form of light snow showers Nov. 8 and 9. The first snowfall of any accumulation should be Dec. 21 and 22. We should also have a white Christmas and New Year’s as O’Toole predicts a snowfall Dec. 22-24 and again on Jan. 1 and 2.
We would like to congratulate the winners of the Twelfth Annual Woolly Bear Contest and hope we will have a larger turnout for next year’s contest.
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