Forecast sees more snow on East Coast

WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- Weather experts say the Eastern United States and Midwest can expect the cooler-than-usual summer to lead into a cold and snowy winter.

A combination of an El Nino condition in the Pacific and worldwide volcanic activity has kept the summer largely on the cool side, a pattern that will likely continue with a few hot spells thrown in.

Accuweather said Wednesday cool summers along the East Coast are typically followed by cold winters, and folks from Washington to Maine should plan on above-average snow fall.

Humidity over much of the United States will continue to be on the high side while Texas and the Deep South will see high temperatures and a danger of rapidly developing storms along the Gulf Coast.

Snowfalls in the Midwest, Pacific Northwest and Great Plains are expected to be below average, which could have an impact on the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. California's winter rains will be about normal despite the El Nino.