I agree
Everyone thought this winter was going to be good because of the weak El Nino . Majority of forecasts had NYC at 30-40 inches and even some had it more than that.
The SSW likely caused the MJO to be all over the place. If the SSW didn't happen, this would probably be a good winter.
We still have a chance to be near average if the pattern gets better by next week and beyond but time is running out unless we get a March 2018 redux.