02-03 winter in state college was epic and made up (mostly) for the dismal first 3 winters I had there. We had snow for Halloween 2002 and winter kept going until Easter 2003.
Yeah it really likes the overnight Friday Into Saturday rain. Kinda the only model showing that. Not even AI is as enthusiastic.
Yeah it really led the way on the nor’easter.
I think the PDO will move toward neutral as the fall and early winter progress. An active NPac storm track should foster some cooler water at the surface.
Some warm days this week, another weekend rain event, then really seems like fall arrives in earnest with a series of strong cold fronts. Probably frost risk for far NW burbs and freeze risk for the mountains.