The NW-->SE flow that has been prevalent for the past 45+ days will not allow for a storm to spin up. We need the PNA to go decently positive or we're screwed if this pattern continues the rest of the season. Not totally screwed, of course, but limited to northern stream clippers, or clipper like systems, with accumulations of 1-4" max. Of course, it's been weeks since we had one of those, so they're not a guarantee either.