Wednesday Morning's Weather Discussion - Snowstorm Cancel

Well, this is two weeks in a row that it looked like we would have a snowstorm on our hands, only to have the models change course a week before.  This week the storm stayed out to sea and the models are now saying that next week's storm will be rain, as the storm cuts to our west.  When storms cut to our west and head toward the Great Lakes, it floods our area with warm temperatures, just in time for the storm.  In cases like this, it can be very cold before and after the storm, but warm enough for rain during the storm.  I thought we had the pattern for this winter locked in after Sandy and the first snowstorm hit, but then this week when our potential snowstorm missed out to sea, it became apparent that the pattern was likely changing.  The question was, what would it change to?  If this storm is an indicator as to our pattern this coming winter, and it might be, it is a good sign for people who do not like snow.  We shall see.  Anyway, in the meantime, it will be nice through Monday, with relatively warm temperatures and highs in the lower to middle 50’s today, tomorrow and Friday.  It will then cool off for the weekend.  Then on Monday, it will start our sunny, but clouds will increase in the afternoon ahead of the storm.  Monday night there is a possibility that the storm could start out as light rain, snow, sleet, or freezing rain, prior to changing to rain on Tuesday morning, so we will have to be on the lookout for that potential.  Tuesday though it now appears to be all rain as warm air surges into our area with the storm.