Quick Change

Like what commonly occurs, it takes one big storm to change the pattern and ever since Sandy the pattern thankfully has been relatively quiet and average.  In fact if you haven't noticed November has been dry.  Reading has picked up less than 3/4 of an inch of rain compared to over eight inches in October. 

That quiet pattern might be set for a change.  Take a look at the NAO forecast.

Notice the very short red bars of positive NAO turn into longer bars of a solid negative NAO.  And once again this would mean a dip in the jet stream to favor shots of cold air with the chance of storms coming up the coast.  Put it this way, it's the difference between a flat jet stream and one shaped more like an elongated U. 

SHORT TERM:

A cold front will sweep into the area Saturday morning.  Cold would be relatively speaking.  Temps should be about ten degrees below normal but both days this weekend look to include at the very least a breeze.  The front won't have much moisture to work with so a passing flurry in the higher terrain is about as much as we can squeeze out of this one.

There is a storm brewing for the middle of next week.  It would appear to be a rainmaker at this point in time however we have a week to go yet.  I'm not even going to bother putting any images up as they will be all over the place.  Just keep in mind something might be in the works.