Looks like you and scooter are the last two standing as far as liking hot and muggy. Your boy fish has mended his ways. Eventually everyone comes around.
"Both the West Coast and the Northeast are forecast to be influenced by weak mid-level troughs bringing near normal temperatures to the West Coast and near to below normal temperature chances to the Northeast. "
The official 8-14 day 500-hPa height blend consists of: 30% of Today's 6z GFS
Ensemble Mean centered on Day 11, 40% of Today's 0z European Ensemble Mean
centered on Day 11, and 30% of Today's 0z Canadian Ensemble Mean centered on
Day 11
"The southern ridge has been flexing west/east for the last month-plus...deviations west/east in the ridge axis doesn't quantify as a pattern change"
100%