SPOKANE -- With the sudden appearance of a few flurries in the Inland Northwest Thursday, the question on everyone's mind right now is, "Will this winter be as bad as last year?"
KREM 2 Chief Meteorologist Tom Sherry says, "Not by a long shot."
According to Tom, this is going to be an El Nino winter for the Northwest -- which means above average temperatures in the lowlands, good snowfall in the mountains, and decent precipitation elsewhere.
For the 2009-2010 winter, Tom Sherry is calling for above average temperatures, with between 30 and 40 inches of snow in the lowlands.
This comes after the Inland Northwest had two of the snowiest winters on record back-to-back. The 2007-2008 winter saw 93.5 inches of snow in Spokane, and last winter we had 97.5 inches of snow.
