And if certain models are correct, they won't have to wait too long for things to turn cold again.

Saw these elk in Sunriver yesterday. The ground really should be covered in a foot plus of snow this time of year, but at least there’s a few patches.

Maybe, but here's the last full month. Like I said, most wintry start to winter for them since 2017 and clearly east-centric.

Not always a guarantee that an SSW will favor our side of the pole, either. The big one in midwinter 2013 really ultimately helped Eurasia a lot more than North America, though things did eventually flip chilly east of the Rockies as well.

been a scorcher, mushrooms are growing in my yard when the yard should be either frozen and/or covered in snow