While a skiff of wintry weather is expected to continue through this week, a return to severe winter weather still is not expected before Christmas, the National Weather Service predicts.

A bit of snow and cool temperatures were hitting Havre and the region this morning, leaving a cover of white in the area, with more snowshowers expected through midweek, but the weather definitely is milder than in December 2011.

Last year, snow hit the region in mid-November, with temperatures below zero on several days long before Christmas, and the snow sticking through the late spring.

This year, so...