It’s pretty evident just looking at the h5 maps. It’s been difficult to get a shortwave under our latitude. Probably need both the Pacific and Atlantic to cooperate better. I’m not convinced it’s one or the other, though would obviously make sense that the Pacific is more important for the overall jet stream. If there’s blocking, but a steroidal NS, then I guess we end up with an array of clippers that lack a gulf tap. If the Pac relaxes and we get a healthy ejection of energy from the SW, but no blocking, then we end up on the warm side?