Hi All: Its getting close to December so I felt that I should post my first monthly thread. The pattern we are going into seems to be with us until at least December 20th. We may have an occasional snow shower and cold period. With a pacific airmass overspreading the CONUS any polar airmass will rapidly modify, preventing any arctic outbreaks from occurring. Additionally, the lack of a temperature gradient and a northerly polar jet will tend to lead to a lack of strominess and precipitation, l