Here’s what upcoming winter may bring Massachusetts, New England [Video]

On the heels of one of the warmest winters on record last year, StormTeam 5 went to three experts in the field of long-range weather forecasting to get their take on what winter in Massachusetts and New England will be like this year.All three cited signals that indicate a highly variable season is ahead. Dan Leonard, long-range forecaster, The Weather Company, an IBM Business, Andover, MA”If this year goes according to plan, we should have a lot more variability and at least periods of intense cold and perhaps some snow, at least more than last year,” long-range forecaster Dan Leonard of The Weather Company, an IBM Business in Andover said.The El Niño cycle, which typically brings an active southern jet stream and stormy weather to the southern continental United States and milder-than-average temperatures across the northern tier, kicked into gear during this past summer.”El Niño is well established. It looks …