It is always interesting to see how the different agencies view the upcoming winter forecast. In our latest look into the topic, we checked in with the folks over at Accuweather.com to see what they had to say about this winter. Well, suffice to say it disagreed with the Farmer’s Almanac.

Rather than mild and wet in the Pacific Northwest, Accuweather.com predicts that the worst of winter’s cold and snow will pay my little corner of the world a visit after being absent last year. In addition, the northern Plains and western Great Lakes will also see snow and cold. If you are in Alaska or western Canada, you may want to prepare yourselve; Accuweather predicts severe cold in those regions.

As a check, we wandered over to the Climate Prediction Center and it seems to agree with the forecast at Accuweather. I guess I better finish some of those neglected outdoor projects!

Earlier this week, the Maine-based Farmers’ Almanac issued its winter outlook for both the United States and Canada. the almanac. The Farmers’ Almanac, which claims 80 to 85 percent accuracy bases its predictions on a secret mathematical formula using the position of the planets, tidal action of the moon and sunspots.

The almanac says that winter in the US will be cold in the East and milder in the West but that much of the country will still be colder than normal.  The almanac says that New England will get a “cold slap in the face” after missing last winter’s misery. Finally, residents of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes are expected to get the piles of snow that will be lacking elsewhere.

The almanac predicts that winter in Canada will not be as mild as last year, when temperatures were 4° C above normal and less snow. This year winter will make a comeback, bringing back much colder conditions during 2010-11, particularly to the eastern half of the country. This compares to the west, where milder temperatures will with a wetter forecast prevail.

In several weeks we will compare this to the New Hampshire-based Old Farmer’s Almanac.

Incoming search terms:

• were snow can be found map (2)
• Old Farmers Almanac 2011 -2012 winter weather forecast upper midwest (2)
• farmer almanac for greenwood in (2)
• 2011-2012 winter forecast Indiana (1)
• snow forecast for upper midwest 2011 - 2012 (1)
• outlook missing week 1 in 2012 (1)
• out look for upperbmidwestbwinter (1)
• map of farmers almanac of canada (1)
• heat for winter 2011 (1)
• snow predictions 2011 greenwood in (1)