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The Green Wave Gazette

Winter is on the Way: Get Ready for the Snow Show!
Katie Rust
Contributor
Can we predict what this winter is going to be like?

MCT

―Whether you
enjoy winter
or not, it’s
going to
happen.‖

—

Katie Rust

Last winter was full of snow
and ice, with frigid weather
that bit any skin that was
exposed to the outside. It‟s
hard to predict what the
weather is going to be like
this winter before it actually
happens. Winters in New England are always cold, due to
the way the sun hits the
earth. The rays of sun hit
New England at a shallow,
spread out angle. The level of
heat affecting our state is
much less than it is in any
other season. Everyone expects winter to be chilly and
snowy.

Although it‟s difficult to predict what weather is in store
for us this upcoming season,
the Farmer‟s Almanac is correct 80% of the time. They
calculate predictions by analyzing sunspots, tidal actions,
lunar cycles, and planetary
positions to have a somewhat

firm hypothesis of the
weather. “The days of shivery
are back!” exclaims the headline on the Farmer‟s Almanac
website. This year they proclaim that we‟re in for a
harsh winter, with forecasts
of below average temperatures. “Mild air will overrun
cold air and produce widespread wintery precipitation,
just in time for Christmas.” Although it is anticipated that there is going to
be a white Christmas, the
worst of the weather should
arrive in February, right
around the time of the Super
Bowl. Some people think that
this winter should be mild,
because last year‟s winter
was horrific. Some weather
stations predict that this winter will start up mild and
slowly build up, yet it won‟t
beat last year‟s weather conditions!
Opinions on winter differ.
Some people love the winter
and everything about it.
Other people strongly dislike
the white, chilly weather and
go on vacation during the
dreadful months to escape
the cold. Yet whether you
enjoy winter or not, it‟s going

to happen. Why spend all the
money it takes to go on a
vacation when you can make
the best out of what you
have? Winter is a season with
many activities at reach. You
can go sledding, skiing, snow
shoeing, tubing, or have a
snowball fight. You could also
stay inside an