At last check, Minnesota was located in the northern tier of the United States and is therefore in the zone which the foremost weather experts are sounding the alarm for wetter-than-average conditions during the cold season.

A week after AccuWeather predicted a mild, low-snow winter for the New Jersey region, government forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued similar predictions on winter temperatures,

The emergence of a La Niña weather pattern could have an impact on the types of winter weather conditions we see in the U.S., including the D.C region. Here's what to know.