A white Christmas is looking less and less likely with each passing day.

That's according to National Weather Service Meteorologist Ed Shimon in Lincoln. So if we aren't going to have a white Christmas, when will the traditional cold arrive? Many won't be heartbroken to hear it may not come until January, possibly even February.

The La Nina weather pattern combined with a weakened polar vortex is creating the above normal temperature patterns we've been in most of the winter and Shimon says it won't last all winter but for the time being, enjoy these above-normal trends.

According to Shimon, the precipitation trends are showing above-normal precipitation and that could show itself in the form of snow, likely ice at some point, and lots of rain.

Shimon indicates outlooks are showing above normal temperature trends into the spring.