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What can we expect from this winter?

The associate director of the Midwest Regional Climate Center says elevated precipitation across the Eastern Corn Belt is providing some drought relief.

Melissa Widhelm tells Brownfield…

“We are expecting to see an increase in precipitation above what we would normally see throughout this winter,” she says. “We’re hopeful that these drought conditions that have been improving will continue over the next few winters.”

She says the U.S. is under a La Nina watch and there could be some weather shifts in the next few weeks.

“We are wet more often than not during a La Nina,” she says. “That could mean even better things for our drought recovery here in the Midwest.”

Widhelm says above average temperatures are expected through the end of the month.

AUDIO: Melissa Widhelm, MRCC