I find it awfully hard to believe that that January +TNH pattern has nothing to do with the stratosphere/high solar overlay. I used all of that data to predict that to the day late last fall. Like the CC gradient, there is peer reviewed research that I reviewed.
Yes, a wealth of hallucinogen to go around the balance of this week. Threat isn't going anywhere, as much as we love to rejoice about the Azores, etc...