The big takeaway from that post to me is the MJO, at the very least with a high amplitude wave, we are going to flush out the current pattern at the very least.
Week 1 Blowtorch
Week 2 near to slightly above normal.
Week 3 same only cooler than normal to the north and west
Week 4 same
Week 5 and beyond dartboard.
One thing that is consistent, it gets cold out west and stays that way through the duration.
Long range storms at least signify potential. When you are consistently showing nothing, the signal is for a pattern to produce nothing. It isn't just the GFS either, but the GEFS/EPS also are coming up with nothing through their runs.
What is your take on the Euro and its ensembles being notoriously dry with cold season precip in the cold sector of systems. Been noticing that since the upgrade before last winter.