I continue to remain confident on a wholesale change to the 500mb pattern over the next 10 days... this is mainly due to the strong MJO wave propagating towards the dateline, which will provide the impetus for -EPO ridging, as well as the anomalous Scandinavian trough which will retrograde into the NAO domain.  The MJO is currently in Phase 7, and looks to make a break for Phase 8 as well within the next 10 - 14 days, which is favorable for high-latitude blocking and cold air intrusions int