As we get into Jan you don't need anything crazy cold wise...obviously Dec and Mar you do...ton of white rain last March had that pattern been a month earlier we would have scored some decent snows
Going to need to get Canada cooled off-that's alot of PAC air that's flooded Canada. The area in the east is colder but I'm not sure that's cold enough to snow given mid Dec averages?
Yep it's a variation of the same theme every winter. Although this year he isn't saying "You're canceling winter on ____________" (fill in preferred date)
SE winds tend to do more damage since prevailing winds are out of the west-so trees tend to bend that way. On the plus side-all the leaves are off so that will help limit downed limbs