NWS says don't give up on those white NFC championship game hopes yet!
Saturday Night
A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.
Sunday
A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48.
Even if you go back about 20 years to the PDO phase flip, the Western US has been easily colder than the East. Some of that, of course, is due to the propensity for more -ENSO over this period, but definitely not all.
Remember a couple of weeks ago when you were lamenting the lack of sub-freezing lows? All it took was a dry pattern...EUG is now up to 19 on the season, only slightly less than normal at this point.
Tonight's Euro AI for day 4.
This is what it showed for same date on 1/13, when it was day 10.
Got a lot right, but some key differences that have significant downstream effects.