The nice thing here is that this pattern evolution on the models just seems to be getting a little bit better and better each day. Nothing fast and dramatic just slow continue to prove it which makes the whole thing actually be believable. Last year was so awful waiting for it And waiting for it. And it looks so so very good on the models.
The great promise month of December just got better not worse. Plenty of cold air and an active storm track and signs that late month will not warm up.
I grew up in Dover, DE. We had lots of good winters between 1977 and 1996. At least 4 16"+ storms and good stretches of deep cold, iced/skating ponds, etc.