Too good to be true?

[Peggy Gurney]

Ah ok so they've changed their forecast from a month ago, when they forecasted above average snowfall and below average temps.

[Towntalk]

According to the article the info came in part from the NWS.
From the article:

"Martin Thompson, a hydrometeorological technician with the National Weather Service in Cleveland, said snow in the Mahoning Valley "will be below normal from November through April. This past winter was brutal. A lot of people couldn't handle another winter like that, and it doesn't look like they will have to. We won't get that much [snow] this winter."The long-range NWS forecast says there will be below-average snow. The area's snowfall average is 70 inches a winter."

Now to be as fair as fair can be, the article in question, and under consideration  references snowfall as opposed to sub zero tempretures, so don't put your longjohn's back into mothballs just yet. As for me, I'll be putting mine out for their annual airing the first sign of tempretures below 30 degrees F, and not take them off till the Groundhog gives the all clear.

[Peggy Gurney]

Odd forecast when the NWS and Farmers Almanac are predicting otherwise.

[Towntalk]

Is this report too good to be true, and what will it bode for those who have a passionate love affair with cold and snowy weather?

http://www.vindy.com/news/2014/nov/03/a-not-so-snowy-winter-forecast-for-the-v/