I noticed that too...even last night. We've seen the opposite happen so far this year...so maybe the climo back half of Nino actually working in our favor.
Eh, I think we all know the caveats of extrapolating those models. I mean, nobody is saying you absolutely cannot speak of that ever. It's a weather forum amid a very quiet time as it relates to weather events.
Yeah Canadian was interesting in that it almost looked like nrn and srn stream were competing, but ended up a good solution. Like Will said. seems unstable.