Southeast Wisconsin: How El Niño is shaping your chances for a white Christmas

It is officially November and that means holiday music playing, gift buying at stores, and the thought of snow on the way. With the winter holidays approaching, the familiar question returns—will it be a white Christmas? Before looking at the forecast, let's establish what officially constitutes a white Christmas.A white Christmas is defined as having at least 1 inch of snow on the ground at 7 a.m. local time on Christmas Day. This is called snow depth, the combined total depth of both the old and new snow on the ground.  Chief meteorologist Rob Haswell and I were talking in the office about the predicted ‘super’ El Niño for this winter and how it will likely be a green Christmas across southeast Wisconsin. Temperature outlookThe Climate Prediction Center is forecasting the seasonal outlook for November, December, and January to have higher chances of above-average temperatures across the entire state of Wisconsin. While cooler days and snow are still possible, the warmer temperatures