Wait No Mo' for the -AO

At long last...the AO is poised to come crashing down...if you believe in the EC/s 240-HR prog. Note the ridge with the big blue H over the pole...anchored to the E by the PV over CN and to the W by another cold gyre in the Bering Sea.



Another perspective...the 192-HR latitude-height x-sect/s depiction of deep easterlies fm sfc into the lower reaches of the ignorosphere.



Not a perfect match with the loading pattern...but there/s definitely more mass over the pole and that/s what counts.