We've got a lot of winter left

Hard not to appreciate the 1980-81 similarities at this point. Of course that winter at least offered a brief brush of arctic air in early December for the northern parts of the region before it went completely off the rails. The lack of any tap whatsoever from SE AK down to even SW BC/NW WA has been pretty remarkable so far. Today's model runs harken back to that fail mode and look similar to how that awful January looked. Only thing going for this winter vs. that one may be the stronger ENSO signal.

These winds are sustained.

Suck me silly and bite my Willy that 18z was trash.