An above-normal temperature trend should take us all the way into next winter.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates the short-term outlooks show a little bit of a cool down next week, even some snow possible, but overall, the outlooks are solid for an above-normal temperature signal throughout the rest of the spring.

According to Shimon, El Nino is definitely driving some of the above-normal temperature trends. He says this trend is holding strong until next winter.

Despite the short cool down next week and the early part of the final week of March, Shimon anticipates March being warm enough that it ends up above normal for temperatures.