Dreaming of a White Christmas? Old Farmer's Almanac predicts 16 states could have a wintry holiday

While forecasters are monitoring a rapidly strengthening El Niño climate pattern, with a Super El Niño expected to be declared later this year, the Old Farmer's Almanac has released some of its winter predictions and is calling for a White Christmas across the Intermountain West and the Northeast this year.

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According to the Almanac, parts of 16 states are expected to have more than an inch of snow on the ground on Christmas morning: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

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The Old Farmer's Almanac says it makes long-range weather predictions based on a "a unique formula that combines three scientific disciplines: solar science, climatology, and meteorology." It also says it looks at historical weather patterns and climate data to make long-range forecasts.

The company says the first almanac was published in 1792 and contained astronomical data and long-range weather predictions. 

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Additionally, the Almanac said there is a "chance of a White Christmas" across parts of the Plains, the Midwest and Appalachians, including: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.

Meanwhile, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) expects a warmer-than-average November for much of the entire Northern Tier across the country.

This comes amid a very early-season disruption of the Polar Vortex, which usually signals the arrival of cold arctic air across parts of the Lower 48.

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However, it can take several weeks for those changes to work their way down and influence the jet stream and larger weather patterns, the FOX Forecast Center said.

Furthermore, any cold air that does sink down to the surface will also have to contend with mild Pacific air that's being ushered across the country by the jet stream, which is being strengthened by El Niño.

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