ITS THAT WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR TO SPECULATE ON HOW THE UPCOMING WINTER WILL BE. ITS JUST ABOUT A SLAM DUNK TO SAY WELL ITS GOING TO BE SNOWIER AND COLDER THAN LAST WINTER AS LAST WINTER WAS ONE OF THE WARMEST AND LEAST SNOWIEST ONES ON RECORD FOR PHILADELPHIA. ITS NOW A HAT TRICK OF WINTERS ON HOW THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO) CAN THOROUGHLY TRUMP THE PACIFIC ENSO STATE. THE TWO PREVIOUS WINTERS WERE BOTH MODERATE LA NINAS AND WERE NEARLY POLAR OPPOSITES IN O