First temp below 32 of the season this morning, reaching down to 31.8. Brrrr!
I'll join the chorus in saying I am so completely over this horrible pattern. We just suffered through the driest September on record, with FSD only recording 0.04 in the rain bucket all month. That obliterated the previous record of 0.20 set in 2011. We also had the 3rd highest number of 80+ degree days on record, with the overall month being the fourth warmest on record. It was an incredibly boring, dry, and hot month.
Unfortunately, October looks to be shaping up much of the same, at least over the next couple weeks. ECMWF AI model does hint at a potential pattern change near the last week of the month, with the Bering Sea trough finally being kicked out and possibly being replaced with a ridge. Until that occurs, keep hitting the snooze button.
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)