||| FROM WASHINGTON POST |||
No, the colors of the woolly bear caterpillar you saw in your backyard this fall can’t tell you if it’s going to be a snowy winter.
The ingredients needed to generate blockbuster snowstorms or persistently snowy winters — freezing air and moisture — are linking up less frequently.
A trend toward warmer winter temperatures generally doesn’t bode well for lots of snow, instead allowing for more mixed precipitation or rain.
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