Another La Nina winter is setting up over the Midwest.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates central Illinois has equal chances for above or below normal temperatures for January through March, however, a colder than normal signal is not far to the north and west.

According to Shimon, when we do see wintery weather roll through Illinois, Peoria to Bloomington to Champaign will likely be in what he calls the battleground area where it will depend how the storm tracks if we see snow, freezing rain or rain.

For those that spend their winters in places like Arizona, Texas and Florida, Shimon says that stretch of the country is looking at above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation in the outlooks.