So far it’s been 1980/81 all over again. Plenty of cold but no precip. That may change in January but the risk of a bust in the snow department is still too high for my liking.

Yeah, that was a very impressive airmass.

It's a delicate dance though. We need that elongation of the trough to get the snow here, but it splits too soon and we get nothing or not enough and we get nothing. On the other hand if the trough can just hold together and bend westward we get way more.

At least what the ECMWF shows would be more January 1985 like. Possibilities of leading to something.

No, I think its just the short notice....at least I *HOPE* it is, as I really do need to get back to see my mom again soon. I tried the Alaska/American code share once, and it was an absolute nightmare, once my flights started getting delayed (late summer flights, Atl to Dallas to Seattle, lots of thunderstorms). I vowed to never do that again.