This run is going to deliver big

That seems like a lot of high latitude blocking.

Nice blob of cold coming down

Tim's happiness is a zero sum game. If something is going well in one area for him, he's gotta balance it out in other ways. When you really should worry about him is when he gets super friendly and agreeable on here.

It seems like the Scandi ridge is more closely associated with a central Asian trough. A Siberian (far eastern) trough is more typically seen developing in the loading patterns for western US cold outbreaks. And that's closely associated with the NE Pacific/AK ridge.