Early outlooks this spring are looking incredibly encouraging.

It feels like it has been years since we've had a normal spring but this year just might be different. Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln tells us the outlooks are very encouraging.

Getting to the later spring and early summer, above-normal temperatures persist and Shimon indicates things are looking favorable for a potential early planting season.

January saw well above average rainfall which allowed for soil moisture across most of the state to be almost entirely replenished.