Next week is certainly something to watch. You have a wave breaking ridge in AK that helps force the PV south into the US. At the same time, heights across the SE are fairly low, so Tip can sleep better tonight knowing it's not a gradient flow. However, the flow gets a little more progressive with a kicker in the flow coming into the Plains. But given the time of year, that is a very sharp trough with very cold air impinging of warm waters off the East Coast.