That was a strange event. Dropped 7 degrees in 10 minutes and started straight as snow where I was. Very convective with colder air working in from N and NE of all places.
As long as we have troughing near CA you certainly have a shot. Weeklies look like they want to continue that, although the signal weakens week4..but looks pretty good.
No way. I got smoked the 19-20. I had about 3" in that storm there, but the two days prior targeted this area. In fact where I am now probably jackpotted on those days.
There also was a weak diffuse boundary in the area. That combined with low level CAPE probably added to this brief spin up. Of note, the cell also briefly turned to the right and migrated more easterly once it began to develop rotation.