Some hints of a pattern change emerge in the Pacific mid/late January as the MJO moves into phase 7&ridging builds into Europe. That's also about the time we'd expect to see any influences from the SSW emerge too. In the meantime, thankfully bulk of warmth looks to remain W of NE pic.twitter.com/auzgZZgHmA

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