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Forecasters predict cold winter with smattering of cruel weather

Snow it goes.

Enjoy the balmy temperatures while you can, because we’re in for a cold,✨ cruel winter.

AccuWeather expert long-rang🤪e forecaster Paul P༒astelok is .

“Whether or not it’s snowstorms, ice storms or mixed events, I do feel this is going to be an active year for the Northeast,” he wrote, adding, “I think you’re going to see a touch of winter come in December. But I think its full force will hold out until after the new year.”

Forecasters predict cold winter with a smattering of cruel weather
People push a stuck cab in Times Square during win♕ter storm Janus in 2014.Anne Wermiel

Above-normal snowfall 🃏could be in store for areas from the Big Apple to Boston.ไ Pastelok said cities farther south, including Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, will be more likely to get a mix of rain and snow.

Accuweat𝓀her forecaster Brett Rossio offered💎 the chilling take Saturday that this winter will be similar to 2014, when the Great Lakes in late winter were almost entirely frozen.

The Farmers’ Almanac, which released its prediction in August꧋, also expects colder-than-normal temperatures and plenty of snow, ⛦with the biggest chill coming at the end of January.

Forecasters predict cold winter with a smattering of cruel weather
New Yorkers encounter a g෴igantic puddle at the corner of 96th and Broadwa♏y the day after a snow storm in February 2014.Anne Wermiel