The first snow of the season could come a little late to parts of the Great Lakes and Northeast this year.

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released a new outlook on Thursday, Oct. 29, favoring warmer-than-normal temperatures across the East from Nov. 4 to Nov. 8. Minneapolis, Buffalo, and Syracuse usually see their first measurable snow during that stretch, and Cleveland’s typical date is Nov. 10.

Through Oct. 28, none of the 12 northern cities below had recorded measurable snow this season, according to data from NOAA’s Regional Climate Centers.

Warm Start to November

In its 6-10 day outlook, the Climate Prediction Center said the chances of above-normal temperatures top 70% “from the Mid-Atlantic and southern portions of the Northeast northwestward to the Great Lakes.” Above-normal temperatures are also favored across most of the rest of the northern U.S.

Earlier in the week, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Dan Pydynowski told Men’s Journal that parts of the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes could turn…