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Start thinking about bringing out those winter boots and getting your snow tires ready.

As fall makes its way through Southwestern Ontario, a forecaster already is making its winter predictions, calling for a snowier-than-usual, albeit slightly warmer, season for the London region.

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“Right now, it looks like a fairly stormy winter coming up,” said Brett Anderson, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather, which this week released its winter forecast.

“The initial front-end of the winter we’re going to see a lot of mixed-bag situations, so rain, ice and snow.”

The main reason behind the predictions is several Colorado lows – low-pressure systems that form in southeastern Colorado – which are expected to bring above-normal precipitations to the region.

The main effect of the Colorado lows will be felt in December and January, while most of February’s storms will be the product of lake-effect weather systems, Anderson said.