"Don't expect the polar vortex to pummel the eastern United States this winter, government scientists said today (Oct. 16).
Overall, forecasters expect mild winter conditions across much of the United States, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said as they issued their annual winter weather outlook.
While there's always a chance that the polar jet stream will again funnel frigid Arctic air south toward the United States, nothing in the new forecast indicates a rerun of the persistent patterns responsible for the "polar vortex." "We do not expect to see a repeat of last winter," said Mike Halpert, acting director of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center."
http://www.livescience.com/483...r-forecast-2015.html
All 50 states has temperatures below freezing this week. Earlier, I saw that a Farmer's Old Almanac predicted a cold winter
Obama's riding the climate change hobby horse, now. Earlier, we were told global warming, man-caused, was coming with dire results. Then, it was climate change, Think I've decoded the message.
After re-evaluating all the global warming data, its now -- we have no idea what will happen.