Speaking of AO. Holy **** what a spread

This is the most positive ive felt about an upcoming pattern in a long time. Get the AO to go negative with a -PNA and its game on

CLASSIC Fresno snowstorm setup

Lower speeds in Oregon but actually a wider swath of strong winds across western Washington now. Seems like it might not even happen though still looks fickle.

Regarding the potential for a wind storm. I would tend to lean towards the Euro camp on this due to the polar jet, deep cold trough collides with the mild subtropical air mass and the boundary there. A recipe for sudden cyclogenesis. If 00z doesn't back off tonight then you're talking this is well within 72 hours and typically that has been there the Euro shines in previous years. 18z GFS in 3 hours 11 minutes 00z GFS in 9 hours 11 minutes 00z ECMWF in 10 hours 58 minutes