Well, sufficed it is to say ... we have reasonable to above normal confidence for a strong, westerly based NAO blocking event throughout the latter middle and extended range, and ..related too, an event that is trackable.  We could go into a lot of discussion about the NAO for its own identity and evolution, but, the focus of this thread is on the event scheduled to impact the MA/NE regions from roughly March 1 through the 3rd or 4th, which is obviously directly related. Firstly, this