It’s a long ways from home, but the weather in the Pacific Ocean actually has a larger impact on local weather than you realize.
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The North Pacific High is generally between Hawaii and the California coast in the middle of the northern Pacific Ocean.
Recent changes in large scale weather patterns have caused the North Pacific High to shift to the northeast, closer to the West Coast. Due to air rotating clockwise around the high, lower than normal temperatures are forced from the arctic into our backyards.
>> Bitter cold weather has surprising benefits
Temperatures are forecast to be well below the average as we wrap up the month of January. Those bitter cold shots of air are expected to continue throughout the month of February, too.
