An extended forecast for the 2020-2021 season released by the Farmers’ Almanac predicts that the Northeast could be hit with a major blizzard in the new year.

Although the previous winter consisted of mild temperatures, the long-range forecasts are predicting below-normal temperatures in areas in the Midwest and Great Lakes, and across the Central and Northern Plains into the Rockies.

“Based on our time-tested weather formula, the forecast for the upcoming winter looks a lot different from last year, quite divided with some very intense cold snaps and snowfall,” editor Peter Geiger said in a statement.

The forecasts also predicted that by the second week of February, the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states could be hit by a blanket of snow.

Cities like Boston and Washington, D.C. could get up to 2 feet of snow while the northern parts of Utah and Colorado, and others in the Great Lake regions will “get its fair share of snow” and can expect an “above-normal snowfall.”

Even though a majority of the snow is expected to arrive in February, the eastern half of the country is won’t get covered in snow until the final week of March.

Meanwhile, Desert lands like Southern California and Arizona will have a dry and generally mild winter.

However, the Pacific Coastal Plain and other regions should brace for a rainy winter and expect wet weather throughout the winter months.

“Winter’s “wild card” will be the region covering the Tennessee and lower Ohio River valleys, north and east up through New England, where we can expect a rather intense weather system,” the forecast stated.

“This weather system will keep the storms active, delivering a wintry mix of rainy, icy and/or snowy weather throughout the season.”

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Scientists predict that snowstorms in the U.S. could decrease dramatically in the last decade of the century if greenhouse gas emissions continue to run unabated. Chemose / Flickr
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