Folklore Weather<\/a> signs about the upcoming cold season. The highlight of any folklore winter forecast in Kentucky is usually that of famed “Dr. of Barnyard Science” Dick Frymire. Mr. Frymire has been issuing winter forecasts for this region for decades and here is what the “science”\u00a0is telling him for this winter…<\/p>\n\u201cForecast give or take two days. If a heavy fog comes in before nightfall and lingers until 11 p.m. on any of the first 10 days of January, the winter will be worse than anticipated.\u201d
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\nOct. 18<\/b> : Light frost
\nNov. 14<\/b> : Killing frost
\nNov. 20<\/b> : Flurries
\nNov. 22<\/b> : Tracking snow (11:20 a.m.)
\nNov. 26<\/b> : Snow, 1 inch
\nDec. 22<\/b> : Snow, 2 inches
\nJan. 5<\/b> : Coldest day of the year, 12 degrees below zero
\nJan. 13<\/b> : Sleet and hazardous driving
\nJan. 15<\/b> : Snow, 6 inches
\nJan. 21<\/b> : Snow, 5 inches
\nJan. 23<\/b> : Snow, 3 inches
\nFeb. 7<\/b> : Snow, 2 inches
\nFeb. 23<\/b> : First robin
\nMarch 22<\/b> : Snow, 1 inch
\nMarch 26<\/b> : 64 degrees
\nApril 2<\/b> : Last snow (flurries)<\/p>\n<\/em>Here are some of the other highlights from the article…<\/p>\n
<\/span>– Bill Mardis, \u201cThe Sage of Somerset\u201d and columnist and editor emeritus of the Commonwealth Journal in Somerset, Ky., predicts a cold and snowy winter in Pulaski County, Ky. His official weatherwoman, Norma Lester, tallied 17 foggy mornings in August. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/span>\u201cSo we predict 17 snows deep enough to track a rabbit,\u201d said Mardis, who has been spinning his down-home forecasts for at least four decades. \u201cAll of the woolly worms \u2026 are solid black, so that means the weather will be cold. Of course, it needs to be cold for 17 snows.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/span>Mardis, 79, has a loyal following of weather watchers who also report to him on hornets’ nests and katydids.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/span>\u201cThe hornet report is that the nests will be 10-15 feet up in a tree or on a pole or under an eave of a house, meaning the drifts will be pretty high.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n– Forget barometers, thermometers, maples and mists, just give retired teacher Alene Horner a handful of persimmon seeds and she’ll chart the winter season. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/span>This year, the spoon-shaped hearts indicate lots of snow, said Horner, 83, a persimmon-pudding devotee who also predicts very cold weather based on the four solid-black woolly worms she examined.<\/p>\n\u201cMy success rate is about as predictable as a TV meteorologist’s,\u201d said Horner with a laugh.<\/em> (Watch it lady! ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/emoticons\/smile.png\")
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I have probably been asked about my winter thoughts\u00a0more this year than any other year before and that is saying something. I have put out back to back pretty good winter forecasts and I am hoping to make it three in a row, but this one has me tossing and turning more than usual. I went on record more than a month ago with my thinking this would be more of\u00a0a front weighted winter and that it would get off to a pretty early start. I have yet to see anything to change my thoughts on it all. If all goes as planned… the second half of winter would be a lot milder. That said… there are some things i am finding lately to suggest that may not entirely be the case. Either way… we will be talking more and more about winter over the next few weeks. <\/p>\n
Have a great Monday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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