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Illinois could see a snowier winter

Meanwhile, the National Weather Service has issued its own 2012-13 winter outlook.

In its outlook (December through February) odds favor:

• Warmer-than-average temperatures in much of Texas, northward through the Central and Northern Plains and westward across the Southwest, the Northern Rockies, and eastern Washington, Oregon and California, as well as the northern two-thirds of Alaska.
• Cooler-than-average temperatures in Hawaii and in most of Florida, excluding the panhandle.
• Drier-than-average conditions in Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, including Idaho, western Montana, and portions of Wyoming, Utah and most of Nevada.
• Drier-than-average conditions in the upper Midwest, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and northern Missouri and eastern parts of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and western Illinois.
• Wetter-than-average conditions across the Gulf Coast states from the northern half of Florida to eastern Texas.