The coldest spot in Canada is a shockingly mild -18F right now. But if the right pattern setup it would still get pretty cold here.

Better euro run so far. Not going to amount to much.

One thing giving me hope is that in 2018-2019 these discussions about winter being a dud went on all the way until mid-late January

if you pan around the Northern Hemisphere there is little to no Arctic air to be found, at least where there are sensors. Not even sure where we'd source a true outbreak at this moment if the pattern was right

thinking ahead, a healthy snowpack is good for us for next summer for drought, fire and ag concerns Jim knows that. on the east coast that's irrelevant obviously I'm looking for silver linings out of turd soup