Winter is here! Boring start to December
Meteorological winter officially began for the Northern Hemisphere yesterday, December 1. I think it was obvious in the last 10 days of November that we were getting close; we’ve already seen snow down to 1,500 feet once plus a very chilly and foggy pattern for the valleys on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. December has begun with a strong ridge in the jet stream over the western US, while a cold trough further east is bringing a blast of winter cold…