Watching for a January Pattern Flip

Continued dry weather this week as the ridge of high pressure stays anchored off the coast blocking all storm activity.  Cold nights and cool days this week with lows in the teens and highs in the 40's, with inversions at the higher elevations. 

On Thursday we will see another shot of colder air as another cold trough drops into the West just to our East.  That will bring a little wind and colder temps for Thursday with highs only in the 30's.  We will warm back into the 40's for the holiday weekend.

Next week looks quiet as well as the ridge off the coast pushes inland over CA.  The pattern will begin to change next week as storms start to push into the Pacific NW up near Washington.  As we go towards New Years the jet stream and storm track will start to push further South down the coast.

Looking more than week out we tend to just look at overall patterns and the pattern looks like it will continue to change going into the New Year.  Looking at some of the teleconnection patterns over the Arctic it appears that some Arctic air will push down the Coast the begginning of January.  That would also push the storm track South towards CA.

For now we will have to rely on snowmaking as we wait for the pattern change to take place.  Stay tuned for continued updates as we watch for when the big snows will arrive.  BA