"Really cold up here in Maine."
Cause you are in MAINE IN DECEMBER!!!
In early December we were at Cape Canaveral Florida for the SpaceX launch and a cruise.
We were slammed by the epic cold front which smacked Alabama and saw snow in the Gulf, so it was only in the upper 60's.
A week after, back at home, it was 25 degrees warmer in Orlando. Great timing on our part. ;-)
Meanwhile it was above normal in California for the fires, as predicted on the map below.
The direction of the Jet Stream changes over time as it is steered by the larger oscillations between La Niña and El Niño.
Edited by Rogerdodger, 25 December 2017 - 11:34 AM.