Brett Anderson, a forecaster for Accuweather, has come up with a prediction for various parts of Canada. Most of the forecasts are driven by the expected moderate to strong El Niño episode that is scheduled for this winter. Check out his summary at Accuweather’s website:

http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&blog=Anderson&pgurl=/mtweb/content/Anderson/archives/2009/09/model_update_through_the_winter.asp

Certainly not what the Olympic organizers are hoping for. Looks like above normal temperatures and fairly dry January and February in BC. Hopefully there will still be enough snowstorms so they won’t have to resort to making artificial snow.