u/bengvr3

I know we all have lingering PTSD from last winter, but y'all need to cool it with the dooming. A single run of the ECMWF Extended showing a snowfall deficit 6 months in advance does not have any predictive value whatsoever.

This is what NOAA is predicting for December-February. They are extremely conservative with their predictions and use a variety of forecasting tools in their analysis.

You can read the text discussion of the forecast here, though you'll have to scroll a bit for where they talk about the D/J/F period.