Despite this week’s cold snap, forecasts call for dry, mild winter

  • Fog shrouds pastures along FM 580 between Lampasas and Nix. Most outlooks call for winter temperatures in the area to average 2-3 degrees above normal, meteorologist Bob Rose said. JEFF LOWE | DISPATCH RECORD
    Fog shrouds pastures along FM 580 between Lampasas and Nix. Most outlooks call for winter temperatures in the area to average 2-3 degrees above normal, meteorologist Bob Rose said. JEFF LOWE | DISPATCH RECORD

    Last year Lampasas saw a freeze in October and sleet in November. This fall has been warmer, although temperatures Monday night after press time were expected to be some of the coldest yet in 2020.

    Mild and dry weather is expected to last for much of the winter.

    The Climate Prediction Center called for a roughly 95% chance that La Niña would continue from January through March, and a 65% chance it w…