Definitely feels like the 2016-24 tendency for a colder West vs. East relative to average is coming to a close.

EPO has mostly been negative since 11/23, which is the main reason the eastern US has been so cold. It briefly went positive during the ARs, but is now back to negative. https://downloads.psl.noaa.gov/Public/map/teleconnections/epo.reanalysis.t10trunc.1948-present.txt

Hmm. I don't think lack of cold air on this side of the globe has been the issue.

In WA and OR there’s gonna be lots and lots of snow the next week or two. Snowpack is going to be in much better shape by Christmas.

Hopefully it gets better