Well, the data has come around to a less than ideal solution for snow lovers this weekend. However, I don't think we can quietly exit this cold pattern without something. Throwing out the model runs for a second, which do in fact show a storm around Christmas, I wanted to talk about why this period is trouble. Looking at things objectively, the one thing missing from this weekend's potential was the MJO factor. But what do I mean by that? Well, it doesn't have to mean a healthy octant 7-8-1 prog