With winter now underway, an official with Environment Canada says the cold season will be wetter than usual in Huron County.
Senior Climatologist David Phillips tells Country 104.9 News temperatures for winter will be slightly cooler than normal.
Phillips says temperatures are expected to cool off between Christmas and New Years, and stay cold for a good portion of January.
“I think because the Great Lakes are so warm, they haven’t cooled off at all… there’s always the possibility of having that lake-effect snow turned on,” Phillips says.
“Instead of thinking about the end of January and the lakes freeze over, and essentially the lake-effect snow is fought, I think what we’re going to see is it really hasn’t begun yet.”
Heading into February, Phillips says conditions will become milder than normal, prompting higher levels of lake-effect snow and rain than Huron County normally sees late into the winter.
The region can also expect a mix of snowfalls from lake-effect weather events, along with storm systems travelling from the southern United States.
As for whether Huron County will have a white Christmas, Phillips says he expects some snow to fall Saturday morning.