The Most Wretched Winter Ever Continues

Looks like a weak disturbance will come in this weekend: that 'tropical' cutoff low I've been keeping an eye on, that started off far to the southwest, at Hawaii's latitude and about halfway in-between Hawaii and the mainland. Nevertheless, it doesn't look like there is much, if any, precipitation associated with it. After that, maybe NEXT weekend will have some rain. Maybe.

It is quite possible it might not rain in any significant amount in northern California this winter. A true disaster! We are so far behind normal that even flooding inundation probably won't get us to where we usually are at this time of the rainy season. And any kind of flood is so far over the horizon it's unthinkable.

But it's not bad everywhere. Jerry writes from Indiana:

The NWS has issued a winter storm warning for southwestern lower Michigan and northern Indiana:

This storm looks very similar to the one we had last week. The isobar configuration looks ideal for heavy snow in our area -- a northerly fetch over most of the lake, with winds curving to a more northwest trajectory in the south.