Thank the weather gods and the 00z for distracting us and saving us from what was about to be a heated political discussion leading to some bans and deleted comments. Close call.

Welcome to the polar express model ride, remove any loose items, keep seat belts fastened at all times and make sure to hold onto the handbars, if something were to go wrong during the ride, do not panic, help is on the way (the the 18z), ENJOY THE RIDE!

Hard not to be highly encouraged by the fact that it's only November 16th and we've already had an operational run show a full blown arctic blast the second the seasonal window is even realistically open. This really feels like it might be the year.

There's an opportunity for Eugene to enter that blast white on the 00z since the low level Arctic front makes it all the way down the Willamette before the last bands of Pacific wrap-around moisture are finished uplifting against the Pisgah hills and central OR Cascades.

Enough northerly gradient to get the Fraser outflow going