You dont need a positive PNA to snow to the coast if you have other teleconnections in your favor ( im talking about further north you go )
You seem really down on this winter
Weak phase 7 in a negative enso Decembers in EQBO years analogs are below normal in the northeast.
You have a - EPO in early December so the source region is cold. A negative PNA will create overrunning events N of the Mason Dixon line.
We shall see