Update - 12/8/14

This will have to be short due to time constraints...

See the previous post by clicking here.  In the outlook portion I gave reasoning for a precipitation event that was hammering California and some of that "wave train" energy would make into other parts of the country.  Indeed  many areas were fortunate to receive very welcome rains (thankfully not snow with wind) late last week.  The map below is a crude analysis of amounts, some very generous!

I also discussed the relatively "mild" weather expected through at least the 13th with any major changes waiting until mid-month.  That is still on track. There are some pretty decent signals of a significant storm developing this coming Sunday/Monday across much of the middle part of the country (Dakotas to Texas) with the most likely area centered on Oklahoma and Texas.  As the storm organizes I'll be able to pin point the details so I'll post again towards the end of the week.  Wintry precipitation is not out of the question on the cold side of the storm, but there are way too many uncertainties to guess where that might be at this time.  Check back later.

The Weather Prediction Center forecast of precipitation during the next 7 days....

Even though I can't give a lot of details on this potential developing storm, if you're traveling late in the weekend or early next week, you will want to keep checking forecasts (and they no doubt will change as we get closer).

Returning Arctic air for later in the month is still on track too.  More on that later.