Who cares if the EPO is favorable if there's no Atlantic blocking. It just means the cold gets dumped west as the SE ridge amplifies.
Also cold month? I see a couple 70+ days ahead and then seasonal to AN afterwards with a couple colder days mixed in.
The Atlantic blocking & +PNA shown was just a headfake and transitory. Also I'm not sure what Doorman is smoking. How will that lead to a coastal track exactly?
There's no blocking to force the low to the coast. There's a better chance on the 9th. CMC has a little snow with it