A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

Sky gazers in Wisconsin may have another chance to see the northern lights on Thursday and Friday, according to the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). The northern lights may be visible in Wisconsin Thursday and Friday night, the SWPC's forecast says.

The agency expects a minor or greater geomagnetic storm—a disturbance of Earth’s magnetic field—on Saturday, which increases the likelihood of northern lights displays being visible to more people, as the effects of a recent coronal mass ejection reach Earth, according to NOAA’s three-day forecast.

The Old Farmer's Almanac, which has been in business since 1792, recently released its spring weather forecast. The outlook? "Warmer-than-normal temperatures for most of the country, with a few exceptions: southern and central California, Desert Southwest, southern Florida, and western Ohio Valley, where it will be near to below normal."

Here's what the weather forecast shows for Punxsutawney Phil's prediction for Groundhog Day on Sunday morning.

A Groundhog Club handler holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating groundhog, during the 133rd celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 2, 2019. Gene J. Puskar/AP

A regional jet carrying 64 people collided in midair with a Black Hawk helicopter as the plane was approaching a runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.

A camera lost in the ocean off the coast of Victoria, Canada, was found by a diver eight months later and returned to its owner, with the videos intact.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a study analyzing the annual prognostications of weather-predicting groundhogs and found the most famous, Punxsutawney Phil, didn't crack the top 10.

The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods for the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes region is a major recipient of federal funding to protect and clean up the basin as well as protect its rich history.

The effects of a coronal mass ejection—a bubble of plasma that bursts from the sun’s surface—will likely impact Earth’s magnetic field on Saturday, bringing the northern lights to several northern U.S. states, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.