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<\/a><\/p>\nAs our cold front moves in, it has a band of rain and snow with it into early Friday. The NAM only goes through 7am Friday, but picks up on this well…<\/p>\n
This will then be followed by an upper level system working in here on Saturday, bringing periods of light snow and a good possibility to put some snow on the ground…<\/p>\n GFS<\/p>\n Canadian<\/p>\n That will be followed up by another system early next week, but the models continue to bounce around with it…<\/p>\n All of this kicks off the much colder than normal pattern that will likely feature several snow threats.<\/p>\n If we take a look at the various indices or teleconnections, we find a notable change showing up and it’s a change strengthening the argument for winter weather.<\/p>\n The NAO and AO continue to be negative and are forecast to stay that way over the next two weeks…<\/p>\n NAO<\/p>\n AO<\/p>\n The one factor that’s kept the above two negative modes from flexing has been a positive Eastern Pacific Oscillation index. This has been throwing some Pacific air into the country, keeping these troughs from being able to turn cold by January standards. The EPO is set to undergo a major reversal and flip to negative…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n