We are not looking for - 8 temps by Christmas , we are looking for - 2 with favorable 500s
Thats what the retrograding trough does after the 23rd.
December will finish BN and Jan will have a very cold early to mid month period as we go from 8 to 1
No one is calling for any cold air for the next 2 weeks. It's after Christmas when many are calling for a change. Also ,
The EPO vortex is about 7 days. Those anomalies show us going from p6 to p8 then 1 plus a massive ridge out west.