>> “ We are in the prevailing southwesterlies and storm systems ALWAYS head in an easterly direction. They just don’t go east to west. That was a very unusual scenario.” <<
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Most of the year, that is true, but in late October, East to West systems dominate. Depending on where you are, they are called ‘Chinooks,’ or ‘Santa Annas.’
They tend to be warm.
That’s out west. We don’t get those.
Our weather either comes across from the midwest or up the coast as nor’easters or hurricanes, and the Atlantic feeding those storms can make them pretty formidable.