10 day totals from both the GFS and CMC ain't looking half bad for many folks on here...

A weaker PV would be nice, but I agree that the main problem is that raging Pacific. If we could shut it down, the pattern would likely retrograde and there is already plenty of cold available to tap into without a SSW.

00z GFS also still picking it up, albeit in two more distinct waves than what the CMC shows.

Sorry, off topic I know, but this is so crazy I have to share. Easily the most horrifying plane crash video I have seen since 9/11. This legitimately got my adrenaline going. Those poor people, ****.

I mostly like it. We’ve had the kind of wind that whistles through the evergreens with the opportunity for more, and that is something that is unique to us in the Pacific Northwest. There have been dry days to enjoy the low sun and its beautiful amber hues splattered across the sky. We’ve had very dark and wet days, great for moments of indoor cozying. I’ve enjoyed the nighttime rain, the coolish mornings and reveled in the damp air. I know that I’ll miss this come April, so I soak it in. I still want snow, cold, just something to paint the maps pink and purple. I want our landscape changed with a blanket of frozen precip. I want to take an evening walk in town to hear nothing but the few cars struggling on the road and the crunch beneath my feet. I want that exceptionally cold and clear night where every moment of my mouth emits some kind of vapor and the sky has a crispness, the stars a peculiar twinkle, and the faint smell of wood smoke to take me back to my childhood. I want all of this so painfully badly, but I fear I already know how this will turn out. I’ll just go back to my cup of hot tea, standing on my tiny concrete porch and enjoying the late December night for what it is and what it can offer.