As forecasters begin to think about what the winter months will look like, their attention turns to tropical weather patterns.

Chris Miller at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates they are seeing the early signs of weather patterns that could bring cold and wet weather this winter.

Not only are things looking to be cold and wet this winter, but the cold and wet could extend into the spring. Miller also cautions against the excitement or dismay that the above-normal precipitation will come in the form of snow.

Miller indicates there was only one winter in a 'La Nina' winter where we were above normal for temperatures and that was in 2011.