Saturday: 12:15 AM

Good morning everyone. Sorry AGAIN for not posting on a more regular basis. Anyway, I've got my laptop reformated and all the links are now on here, so I'll be able to make more posting via the laptop from now on. I'm so excited! For those of you looking for the winter weather outlook, I have provided a link on top of the blog postings where you can access it anytime you want. I'll keep it there for the remainder of the Fall and Winter seasons...that way you'll also be able to go back and see where I goofed badly.

I'll admit, I am becoming very concerned that I may have totally bombed my winter forecast...but I gotta stick to what I believe may happen. I guess after reading around, I'm the only one who even thinks snowfall is a possibility for the Southeast. Most people seem to think we are in for a very warm and snowless winter, and I am afraid that may be true...however, I am not going to believe that just because the majority believe so...I still think we could be in for a cold winter. Obviously we WILL see mild conditions, but we will see cold conditions also. But until I see signs of a prolonged warm winter, my forecast will remain unchanged. I have yet to see signs that La Nina is becoming strong.

As for the current weather, some of us saw some rainfall the last few days, although it was very light in nature. Very light. But rain is rain, and we'll take any bit of it right now. This drought is really downright amazing. This fall is going to be very short, IF we even see one. The leaves are very dry, and may not even have enough moisture to turn colors before falling off the trees. But we'll see...

I am seeing signs of a pattern change that I think will occur by the end of the month. The NAO is forecast to nosedive, and the PNA is forecast to become positive, meaning a pattern change is a definite possibility. Obviously this could change, but it is one of the few solid signs I've seen for a true pattern change. Cross your fingers! We may see some rainfall by mid-week with an approaching front, but nothing of great consequence. Temps. behind this front won't be cold also, in fact, still above normal the way things look now. That's it for tonight...

BTW: Obviously my strength is Southeast weather, but if you want weather forecast to other areas of the US then please let me know either by leaving me a comment or by e-mailing me. I just added my e-mail contact address on the top right corner.