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This winter
valerieroberts
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Can anyone predict what this winter is going to be like. Predictions and observations with the aid of pine cones, berried fruits etc would be appreciated. Forwarned is forearmed. Thanks valerie
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Wet. Its always wet.
No, you can't predict.
Someone will though, every year, and every year people forget how wrong the previous predictions have been. The met office gave up long range forecasts for that reason. Last year we were predicted a very bad winter. It was the first winter in my recollection that our area got no snow at all.
How could berries on a plant predict what is going to happen? They tell us what has happened.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Even quite intelligent people say the British people voted for a Coalition Government in 2010. How?
By the way, the winter is going to be hard. Well I hope so. Cold is better than continually wet.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I predict that it will rain or snow when I have time to be in the garden and will be beautifully sunny when I have to be doing other things.
According to the giant pine cones from my tree today is dry inside but wet outside and I can confirm that this is 100% correct. I was going to take some pictures to illustrate this but my camera battery says it's exhausted. I know how it feels!
For what it's worth, the weather this Summer will determine what the blossom and berries will be like next year. Look at hazel trees, for example, the tiny catkins were formed month's ago.
Too right. Lots of berries simply indicates what kind of growing season the trees and shrubs have had.
I've been googling about and it seems no-one in the weather world wants to stick their neck out yet. Apart form anything else, in meteorological terms, we still have 2.5 months of autumn to go before winter starts on Dec 1st. There's also the El Nino joker in the pack.
One chap tho has done some statistical analysis and thinks cool wet Septembers lead to colder winters - http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twoother/latest.aspx
The only thing to do really is wait ad see and be prepared with fences and structures repaired, fleece, coldframes and shelter ready for plants and hibernating critters and lots of bird food.
The Daily Express always seem to get it right the only problem is that they take the predictions from an American almanac and the predictions are right for America and not for Britain, maybe the law of averages they will get it spot on for Britain one day.