Coming off one of the warmest winters on record this winter is expected to be at least closer to normal in Wisconsin. National Weather Service meteorologist Tim Halbach says with a weak La Nina, that typically means more outbreaks of colder weather. “You know when you hear global warming and climate change, our climate is not all of the sudden going to become Florida. We’re still going to have our bouts of cold, we’re still going to get snow,” Halbach told WFDL news. “The overall longer-term pattern, to where you may not see ice on Lake Winnebago for as long. It doesn’t mean we’re not going to get the cold. In 2019 we had the polar vortex. We were sitting at -30 to -50 windchills for three straight days.” Halbach says the long-range forecast also calls for better chances to be above normal for precipitation this winter.
