seems like the Pacific trough retrogrades quickly around NYE. could take a week or so to flush out the warmer air, though with no blocking it shouldn't take forever. probably get into a legitimately colder pattern around 1/7
kinda insane how much the -PDO has been eaten into over the last couple of months. that likely continues over the next month or so aside from the brief jet overextension from Christmas-NYE
waters near Japan actually have negative anomalies. who could've thought