I'm driving up to Fredericksburg the 12th - 14th for business. I expect you guys to show some hospitality for a SE forum visitor with a little bit of the ole white powder.
Difference between GFS op and GEFS lately set me looking for some info about ensembles in gneral. Some interesting info here.
https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=12962#.Y4uYXnbMKUk
Insert standard "Trust the warmest model" joke that's not really a joke.
Normally I would ignore long range op compared to ens, but maybe the higher resolution of the op is allowing it to "see" the super persistent PNA more accurately.