no arkstorm?

Yeah...I actually looked at the 12/03 event as being potentially similar. This one was way worse here. Must have been the sheer brute strength of this storm projecting itself this far out. Your point about precip is certainly on point. Big east wind events are almost always bone dry here, but this one wasn't.

Way too early. Rare for -ENSO/+QBO to produce a dud in the PNW. Only two mediocre outcomes since WWII, 1975/76 (super PV) and 1999/00 (a bunch of acronym-laden reasons).

Yeah...I thought saying exceptionally rare was a bit over the top. If look at the really good decades it's not rare at all.

It was good from around Jan 10 to Mar 5 down here. Big c-zone snow in January, some snow at the end of January, big Arctic blast with snow in early Feb and then a very cold month overall (complete with frozen rivers), then a big snow in early March followed by the coldest min I've ever seen in March.