See, that SW, US late Summer ridge is progressing into +PNA pattern here in late Nov/early Dec. I can kind of see it by the pictures from there and here, that you guys still have leaves on the trees, and the pattern is still somewhat mild in the land. The PDO being so negative and seasonal trends for the past 20 years may lead to some -PNA going forward, but it's interesting to see that Phoenix-breaking-data records hit, at least for the next 2 weeks.

Crazy sky looking west on my drive home just now.

No it doesn't. We may never see accumulating snow in the lowlands of western Washington again.

Not here

Cancer by the lake