It will feel a lot like Winter....

A cold trough will be dropping into the West on Wednesday bringing lots of wind, cold air, and maybe a few flakes.  The cold air mass will drop high temperatures into the 20's by Thursday before rebounding back into the 30's and then 40's for the weekend.

Things are still lining up well for a pattern flip around mid-December to a cold and snowy one.  Until then we have a monster ridge off the West coast blocking storms from hitting the West Coast.  That ridge is locked in place by teleconnection patterns and ocean temps over the Pacific.

We will see shot of cold air and possibly some light snow over the next couple of weeks.  Stay tuned as we monitor the patterns and look for the big change.  More on the long-range in the post below.  BA