Farmer's Almanac called it the same (and much earlier):

Farmer's almanac (NE)

The bastard!

Odd, I heard that this winter is supposed to be warmer than usual because of the hot summer; the ground will remain warm for a longer period.

Eh... I've seen worse locusts and moon blood.

/native

Joe Bastardi is pretty cool, I like listening to his weather reports on the radio. He really gets worked up about it, he's passionate about it. That's the kind of guy you want your forcasts from.

Mohler added that an average temperature drop of 1.5 to 3.5 inches could be termed "significant."

Inches? Maybe he was talking about the amount of shrinkage due to the cold.

Joe killed Kenny.

I'd much rather have a blizzard than a hurricane I'll tell you that much

/masshole

The colder the better; bring it on. Then again, I don't heat my home using home heating oil.

/Maine

Or maybe not:

NOAA's forcast for winter 2005 - warmer in the midwest, 50/50 chance of warmer or colder in east coast.

I predict a period of total darkness beginning tonight around 7:00 pm.

i got a $2.59/gallon lock-in rate for heating oil. did this after katrina hit. we'll see if i did the right thing...or not!

Joe Bastardi is part of the Nazi party who wants us to believe their meteorlogical lies.

/in florida so wont affect me anyway

the good news is that the brunt of the cold, ice and snow will be borne by the New England states.

That's some good news!

/Sarcasm
//Lives in Portland, Maine
///Heats with home heating oil

Bought a pellet stove last year to supplement our heating oil, That thing rocks, keeps our house nice and warm, plus you can go buy a bag here and there without buying huge amounts.

also, did you know you can buy diesel fuel from the gas station and use it for heating oil?

Here is the long term forcast for the rest of the country

AccuWeather's Winter Forecast (NE)

You want a prediction about the weather, you're asking the wrong Phil. I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life.

"However, the good news is that the brunt of the cold, ice and snow will be borne by the New England states."

...Uhh, not if you live in New England.

/Live in MA
//Also heats home with oil

No way that guy's real name is Bastardi. Can't be.

... Is it?

yup thats his name, looks like a goofball too.

I blame Bush! Woot 11! Just another sign of neocon-led global warmi ..

Oh, umm, er, .... colder, did you say?

Never mind.

I hope it's a cold and snowy winter in Denver. I like cold and snow almost as much as I like hearing people biatch about cold and snow.

There is no legitimacy to these claims.

Sure beats hurricanes! bahahaha....

"Global Warming" indicates an AVERAGE rise in temperature. If you don't understand that...well...I think you are too stupid to vote. I'd like plastic please.

Forecasts are like assholes: everyone has one.

And I thought the "this winter will be snowier than ever" gloom-and-doom forecasts only came from Princeton Ski Shops.

shows how much I know, I guess...oh well

AccuWeather are corporate whores sucking the teat of Ricky Santorum.

50/50 chance of warmer or colder in east coast.

once in Texas I heard a weatherman saying "there's a 50 percent chance of rain. So it might rain, then again... it might not."

there was also a study made by some group who gave dart boards to schoolkids with the weather on it (cloudy, sunny, rain, etc.) and tossed darts at it and recorded the results, and they were more accurate then meterologists.

i got a kick out of that one, and no i don't know the source.

It's the coming of the Fimbulwinter! Train now for glorious battle!

/Hey, it's just as likely as the literal Christian apocalypse or any others for that matter.

/that fargin' sneaky bastage-ardi !

EXTRA! EXTRA! THIS JUST IN! NEW ENGLAND WINTERS ARE COLD AND SNOWY!

Just bought new solomon fusion boots and nidecker bindings. \bring it on motha!

It may be colder than normal this winter. However, it may be warmer than average instead.

I hope everyone up here has fun paying the heat bill for their McMansion (the housing equivalent of the SUV) this winter, as their option ARM's flex rate kicks in.

The forecast calls for Northeastern U.S. temperatures to be as much as 3.5 degrees colder than normal. However, the good news is that the brunt of the cold, ice and snow will be borne by the New England states.

Well that's just mean.

did someone mention sanguine moon?

Cyle:

No way that guy's real name is Bastardi. Can't be.

... Is it?

hodgedogofthesouth:

yup thats his name, looks like a goofball too.

1) it is his real name;
2) he is indeed something of a goofball, and
3) he's also a terrific meteorologist. Usedta read his stuff religiously for years.
4) then when Accuweather realized how many people were accessing his weather commentary each day, they made it 'premium' content and started charging for it. The bastardis. Oops, I mean, the bastitches.

Funny how in the summer it's hot as a bastard and in the winter it's cold as a bastard. I guess right now it's mild as a bastard.

Then there's the newscaster on the WB up here named Mike Wankum who insists upon lying about his name being pronounced "Wonk-um". Yeah, right! Thonk you very much, Wanky-boy.

"It's cold and it snows heavily in the Northeast during winter."

Why that lil bastardi....

Joe Bastardi is an idiotic creep who can't accurately forecast what he's going to have for dinner this evening.

Woo hoo!!! I can't wait for ski season...God I need to get some turns in. Bring on the snow farkers!!!

Meh. Bring it on!

/Lives in Quebec City
//Ain't afraid of cold

Yeah, and every year the tabloids write about how some psycic predicted this would be the worst winter ever. I give those predisctions the same level of credibility.

Just learned how to ski last year. I hope he's right because there's one other thing you can do standing up that's more fun than skiing, IMHO. YMMV.

Ah, Ol' Joe. All that is wrong with private weather. The worst of the worst. Too bad Commerce withdrew their lawsuit for his strategic "edit and release" of some of our products a couple years ago.

/NWS

Regarding tropical weather, Bastardi has it right WAYYYY more than the NHC. His forecasts are easily 36 hours ahead of the NHC, and he give you the real info regarding the factors affecting storm tracks.