-WPO blocks often retrograde and sometimes give way to big warmth.. a 500mb low creeps in under it. on Jan 23-24, the models are showing the 576dm line almost making it to DC.
This is a really strong -EPO signal though for Jan 27-30+. +200dm over Alaska is what I like to see.. and +NAO makes it similar to the 13-14, 14-15 analogs. Here's -EPO correlation with temps in late January/ early February:
Temps: https://ibb.co/rmdQbNb
Precip https://ibb.co/gJvCrng
+0.43(cold) and -0.12(precip) gives us +0.31 for net probability snowy pattern. This is when models build it Jan 27th on.. if they are accurate. +NAO is +0.45(temps) and +0.35(precip).. so a net of -0.10 for probability snow pattern. The combined of the two indexes is +0.21 for Jan 27th on..