Another very chilly overnight in Yelm, with a low of 23.5*. The morning started off clear and very sunny, but now the fog has rolled back in. Currently 31.8* .

Certainly. Heading more down the 1988-89, 1989-90, 2017-18 path.

We are definitely diverging from those sexy 1990, 1996, 2008 analogs.

Looked like there might have been a brief window where the -EPO joined the shift to a more -pna before Christmas. But the window seems to be passing relatively quickly. Looking more likely that we see the EPO turn positive sooner with a more active pattern for the final half or third of December.

Still 33F here in downtown Springfield. At least it's cold at the surface.