Well...that's what I am predicting!!!!  Here's the deal...I read an article this event that weather forecasters are once again reducing the number of hurricanes we should expect for this year...the reason? It is because they believe that the weather phenomenon called El Nino will be disrupting the ocean and atmospheric system...and this is goooood news for us east coast snow lovers!

According to this article, the last El Nino was in 1997-1998. And before that the last big El Nino was in 1982-1983 (during that time I missed three weeks of school one winter because it snowed and snowed and the temperatures stayed down and the snow didn't melt) We had a two feet of snow in January 1996! Now I realize this was the year before El Nino, and in spite of my research, I am finding that El Nino definitely started the year after our record breaking snow fall of the winter of 1996, but I am thinking positive here! And we did have some decent snow in Virginia in 1997-1998 too! In fact, one of my stepsons broke his leg sled riding that year....something about a tree not getting out of his way!

And if we want to go back even further, there was a stronger El Nino system in 1965-1966. In the winter of 1966 there was a ton of snow in Strasburg, VA and my grandfather walked to the store through a couple of feet of snow in February to buy my pregnant mother watermelon she was craving. And if you want to complete the wives tale, I have a watermelon birthmark on my right leg.  It is a small dark red spot in winter resembling a seed), but as summer comes and deepens, the birthmark is actually a light red that covers most of my right calf...the growing watermelon...okay, so maybe that was more than you wanted to  know! But I am thinking positively...snow is coming!

Yahoo! I'm getting my sled runners waxed and stocking up on hot cocoa!!!!