It has been a cold month but despite a lot of snow, it is still generally dry.

John Bumgardner at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates it would take quite a turnaround in weather conditions to get the area of its projected path of ending January cooler than normal.

According to Bumgardner, bouts of cold air have inundated the midwest. Snowpack from the recent snowstorms has helped solidify those patterns locally.

La Nina is active right now but because it is a very weak signal, Bumgardner says it is hard to know its true impact on some of the systems we've seen so far this winter.

Bumgardner reminds when eight or twelve inches of snow melts, that does not equate to eight or twelve inches of moisture going into the ground.

As La Nina weakens, Bumgardner indicates the spring outlooks right now are signaling normal temperatures and normal precipitation.

We'll have more with him on that in the days ahead on Regional Radio.