The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac has done what it needed to do with a bold September 1 prediction that the winter of 2016-17 will be cold and snowy. That is, get some attention. Yeah. Keeping in mind that it has been known to snow in Canada, this forecast is a bit like the old joke that it will be dark tonight and light tomorrow. The forecast was made to the CBC. In recent years meteorologists have concluded that the ability to predict events so far in advance is zero.
