Lehigh County: I believe the El Niño will have a dramatic effect on the Northeast including PA. In 1982, eastern PA had record snow amounts when the last El Niño occurred. Also, Look at the Southeast for the jet stream to force the moisture into the lower jetstream and force cutoff lows or Noreasters to form along the mid Atlantic region. Mark my word, more snow south of the Mason Dixon line. The El Niño has already raised temps above normal in PA. The 80's in October is rare. If the moisture follows later this fall with a couple of Alberta Clippers we will have a real mess. In other words, the El Niño will feed the moisture starved Alberta clippers, thus more snow along the coasts.-- Michael Siegel msiegel@ot.com

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