Thank goodness that you, Bob, Show Me & a few others discuss the possibilities of the way the pattern could evolve!
Even in a decent winter, there is a usually a lot of down time between events and periods of opportunity. The “next” & “winter’s over” crowd gets old every year.
Good posters like you put a lot of time into your thoughts and analysis. It gets really frustrating when some posters occasionally trash good posts based on nothing and then claim that they were right about a fail.
I am already reading your thoughts about next winter in your thread and look forward to your analysis of the possibilities.