May will be cool, with a warm spell in the last week. You might not blindly trust the old farmer's trick knee. Rather, expect a winter with temperatures a bit above normal, precipitation near normal, and snow up to your knees. Keim made his own spring prediction, of sorts. There's not much to thaw out, so people should be able to get their gardens going pretty quickly.
Flooding remains a possibility the next few weeks.
Many rivers are still swollen thanks to early March snow and late March rain. When you really get down to forecasting, this is New England, so you really never know. Click here for more news Click here to send this article to a friend Seacoast Online is owned and operated by Seacoast Newspapers. Copyright 2001 Seacoast Online. All rights reserved.