Everything I am looking at points to a decent to good season in the northern Plains and lakes regions. Snow should be above normal and temps for DJF should be below normal. Down this way I think we will average near to above normal for temperatures but snowfall should be closer to normal (in general, can't say for specific points)
All of the weaker sand has washed up inland from Helene in the Tampa/Clearwater area. Those beaches are now in a weaker state that any storm surge on top of what happened is no bueno. I'm not even going to imagine what this storm will mean for those areas.
Ideally, you'd want to see the typical Back 'N Forth Yo-yo pattern in OCT/NOV as that is a good sign the atmosphere is charging up with the seasonal changes. My gut feeling is your region will prob have longer periods of sustained cold and hold a snow pack a lot better this season than some of the members farther south.
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NHC surge map for Milton. Showing some incredibly high numbers for a large part of the Florida west coast. If verifies it will be highest surge for the Tampa Bay area since the 1921 Hurricane. So many will be dealing with flooding once again up and down the coast