“Historically, cold air originating in the Arctic has a hard time spilling southward into Southern Canada and the U.S. during strong El Niño years,” OpenSnow said. “That’s not to say it won’t happen, it’s just expected to happen less frequently than usual.”
Another outlook from the Farmers’ Almanac winter forecast calls coastal storms, snow, sleet, and wintry mix throughout Pennsylvania and the entire northeast region.
They called it one of the country’s “trickiest” weather patterns.
“Coastal communities could receive more rain or mixed precipitation, while inland areas may be hit by several rounds of heavy, wet snow, particularly during January and February,” the Almanac said of the region.
Storms headed to the Pennsylvania area could switch from rain to freezing rain to snow based on just small changes in their tracks.