I have a feeling that this is going to be those rarer times the models come back in a big way in the medium range. My weenie in me says the models will show a foot over my yard by the 00z Thursday suite
The blue means negative anomalies, which correlate to high latitude blocking and a weakened vortex. What you are seeing is the blue anomalies extend all the way down to the lower troposphere. So basically there's blue over us @Ji