Great story! I absolutely remember that storm. It was the first winter storm I really remember following after moving from Miami to KC as a kid. Along and south of I-70 got a cold 33 degree rain before the backside snow dropped a 1-2”consolation prize. North of I-70 got 6-10” or so. HWY 36 up by St. Joseph received even more. Watching the rain/snow line hug the MO river all day was excruciating. Our fortunes would change quite drastically a couple weeks later with the following storm.

Here were the surface temps out here in PDX at Noon on January 13.

This level of improvement in most models warrants some excitement.

We have seen the euro spit out some insanely low PNA at times in recent years. I remember seeing a -6 and thinking WTF. (Perhaps January 2020). Seems like we usually end up fighting cyclogenesis offshore with those crazy low numbers.

I'm being positive though