Missouri State Climatologist Patrick Guinan says we could be in for another harsh winter, the third in a row. Guinan says La Nina seemed to be fading last spring but revived over the summer and is now going strong. La Nina was a factor in the last two winters.

Guinan says we could still get lucky. La Nina causes winters that are colder and snowier than normal in northern states, and drier and warmer than normal in southern states. Guinan says with Missouri right in the middle the weather could go either way, but it went the wrong way for us the last two years.