That was before 12/20. When we thought it looked better, but the -PNA just was on roids and did not really shift east. If you go to the January pattern thread, this period after the 10th looks pretty good. So my comment about the gravy period I think stands.
Weather is weather. Sometimes it doesn’t behave the way we think. Likewise if this doesn’t shift west, oh well. Out of my control until the next time a similar thing happens and it goes from the benchmark to tainting Kevin.