I don't think it will be as warm and it will be better than last winter. We probably have 2 or 3 shots of decent snow in the foothills with gulf lows/miller b CAD systems. I think late Jan-February will be the best timeframe with Nino climo.
With that being said, I think the Pacific could royally screw us again if it keeps screaming. December will likely not have any big threats due to the Pacific and general lack of cold air in North America.
Any word on what started them? They are pretty close to each other.. Hopefully not arson. Thankfully the rain over the next few days should take care of them because next week will be windy, dry, and cold
December is looking above average. All the cold is absent in Canada in the 10-14 day range. I'm starting to think it's going to be another ho hum above average winter with very few snow chances outside the border areas.
Models are kind of all over the place in the long range. Some show cool and dry, others show the trough getting stuck and lots of rain. We could surely use it.