The Farmer's Almanac is warning that this winter is likely to be frigidly cold and full of rain, sleet and snow — and they're calling it a "polar coaster."

“Our extended forecast is calling for yet another freezing, frigid, and frosty winter for two-thirds of the country,” Farmer's Almanac editor Peter Geiger said in a post announcing next year's edition of the annual periodical and long range weather forecast publication.

The name "polar coaster" comes from the predicted ups and downs on the thermometer as high temperatures this summer give way into a deeply cold winter predicted to swoop in at the end of January.

Most of the snowfall the book predicts is likely to be focused east of the Rockies, according to the Almanac. Also, the heavy winter should stay north of Tennessee, but those patterns often sweep down through the southeast and can lead to rain and unseasonably cold weather.

For more information on the "polar coaster" and the 2020 predictions in the Farmer's Almanac, visit farmersalmanac.com/extended-forecast

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