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.

Mike's Weather Page @tropicalupdate Follow 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

I hope so! It's been a rollercoaster with temps here the last couple of weeks. It'll be 50-60 degrees one day, then 80 the next, then back down to 60. Going to be in the upper 70's, lower 80's again by the end of the week and then dropping to the upper 50's by the beginning of next week. This weather needs to figure itself out and choose where it wants to lie because my body doesn't know how to handle these fluctuations . And we need rain in such a bad way. It's drier than a popcorn fart up here!

pretty hostile environment ahead of it

two different factors here than Helene. wind shear ahead of it as it approaches FL and its going over the 'cooler' upwelling wake of Helene. Not sure it'll decay that much but I think the strengthening as it approaches land my not be the case with this one. yet to be seen