Old Farmer's Almanac Makes Winter 2019 Predictions For Oregon

PORTLAND, OR — Winter 2018-19 in Oregon will apparently be quite different in the Willamette Valley versus the eastern half of the state — at least if you believe predictions from the Old Farmer's Almanac.

The centuries-old forecaster says the Pacific Northwest can expect a range of weather, from warm and wet to mild and snowy, depending on which side of the Cascades you live on in both Washington and Oregon, with the Eastside forecast to receive the snow while those of us West of the Cascade Range will just get more of the usual rain.

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"This winter, we expect to see above-normal temperatures almost everywhere in the United States, except in the Southwest, where we're predicting a colder-than-normal season," the almanac said. "Our milder-than-normal forecast is due to a decrease in solar activity and the expected arrival of a weak El Niño, which will prevent cold air masses from lingering in the North."

The Old Farmer's Almanac doesn't use satellite data or other methods to make its predictions, but rather a secret mathematical and astronomical formula based on things like the moon's pull on the atmosphere, for example.

Additional reporting care of Deb Belt, Patch National Staff

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