We've had a lot of dark ones lately. 44/35 here. Monthly average a shade below 40 so far!

This would snow IMBY. Closest I have seen snow on a model. Still 13 days out.

Yup. The fringe of that cold air mass heading east of the Rockies.

Well said. There isn't reason to be THAT skeptical though. It's not like we've had a hard time getting Arctic blasts in recent years. I guess when you look at what a turd this winter has been so far I could see it.

Snowing in The Dalles but raining up at government camp. Snow down to river level on I-84 through the gorg