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