Photo: AFPThe Local · 17 Oct 2016, 11:44Published: 17 Oct 2016 11:44 GMT+02:00Updated: 17 Oct 2016 11:44 GMT+02:00Will this winter in France bring frosty mornings, snowflakes and ski weekends... or will it be another ridiculously mild one? The first winter forecasts are out, and while they're pretty vague at best (winter doesn't start for two more months after all), the experts seem to agree that it won't be teeth-chatteringly cold all winter. A forecaster with Météo France suggested the prediction by German counterpart Dominik Jung was a wind up. The winter in France, by definition, starts on December 21st and will run until March 19th. Last year's mild winter meant bad news for France's ski resorts and contributed to the fact France lost its crown as the world's top skiing destination.

Source: The Local October 17, 2016 09:45 UTC