Looks like the GFS/Euro/Ukmet try to tee up Dec 9th as well. This would coincide with the MJO entering Phase 8, the PNA shifting slightly positive, and the NAO shifting slightly negative as well.
My bench mark pre-Dec 5th is just an inch of snow. Snow on Christmas decorations is the best snow. I don't care what Lucy says about December snowflakes, they taste fine to me.
Couple of surface features we have going for us:
1.) Dewpoint temps along and west of I-95 are still low. Some places even in the upper teens.
2.) Wet bulb temps from the metro north and west are all below freezing.
3.) Mesonet showing winds with a bit of a northerly component. Maybe the high is still entrenched a bit?