NEWS CENTER MAINE • October 29, 2023
This year will be different than the last few winters in Maine when it comes to snow. This will be an El Nino winter, not a La Nina like we’ve seen the last few seasons. So get your shovels and boots ready. I’m calling for plenty of nor’easters this winter due to the polar jet and subtropical jet phasing together many times. The one area to keep an eye on is the southern coast, which could get robbed from big snows during nor’easters thanks to an onshore wind component from a “warmer” Gulf of Maine. The high elevations – the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the western/northern mountains of Maine – will still see plenty of snow.