When the Pacific jet finally decides to relax/retract & the strong planetary-scale trough retrogrades from the Gulf of Alaska, that'll be when it gets legitimately cold in the east-central CONUS; we're still on track to see this occur sometime in early Nov

I.e. winter is coming pic.twitter.com/RnK1E2V7nE

— Eric Webb (@webberweather) October 23, 2021