Beautiful Dec. 1st will be followed by stormy Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

A storm moving up from the Gulf states to the Great Lakes will make a stormy night tomorrow. Mild air will return briefly then a cold trend sets in by the weekend. There is even a chance of snow showers on Saturday.


SOME PRACTICAL INDICATORS OF A MILD WINTER AHEAD.

There is no snow pack in the Northern tier of states nor even well into Canada. There has been no Lake effect snow in areas such as Buffalo, Rochester and Cleveland.

No Vermont ski areas have been able to open yet. It has been too warm for the snow machines to operate .Skiers may have to deal with a Brown Christmas for the first time in years. Stowe, Vermont ski area will open Dec. 5th. it was just announced.

A Thanksgiving survey of the local ponds shows no ice present. Contrast that to a hard winter such as 1976-77 when they were all frozen by Thanksgiving.

No snow cover means cold spells will be short lived.

After a hard freeze on Nov. 6th , mild weather caused some spring bulbs to send up shoots.

THE FEARLESS WINTER FORECAST IS BELOW, read on.


SIBERIA UPDATE

Ojmjakon, Russsia - 59 below zero