Thoughts on the winter pattern or lack thereof.

There's evidence that cold air will build into Canada in January. The main questions is, will any of it spill southward into the USA? Perhaps it will stay bottled up in Canada. If it does, that means the warmer weather will continue through January. These kinds of things are hard to predict but take a look at these longe range computers runs by the CFS. Notice the time and date stamp and the -40 degree temperatures in Canada.

-49 degrees!

-44 degrees.

Cold in Indiana!

The worst case scenario is that the cold comes into the northern half of Indiana and stops at I-70. If that happens, Hello Ice Storms!