Its not a shutout look at all. With the advertised Pac ridge location/orientation and -PNA, the -NAO will keep the SE ridge suppressed. Lets hope the blocking sticks around for awhile. As for the NS dominance, that can be a real struggle at our latitude, but- with the west based block and a TPV lobe underneath, we might have a better chance of getting NS shortwaves to track further south than we might typically see. Hopefully one can track underneath and amp up a bit.