Mild...Then Wild

Despite some disagreement among the ENSM members...teleconnection indice forecasts suggest movement toward a colder...stormier planetary flow regime for the EC around mid-JAN following a brief spell of mild wx.

Today/s GooFuS depicts a series of SE PAC cyclones coming ashore then migrating NE through the central CONUS...blocked from coming too far E by the stubborn SE heat ridge through D+8. The extended range progs create a hi-amplitude ridge W that allows intense arctic anticyclones back into the Lower 48.

When the cold returns...so do the EC storms.