This death band did save the season from being one of the worst but it was still a pitiful winter.
Well above normal temperatures (top 5 warmest) and a couple snow events won't change that.
D+ right now
Unless we get a KU storm I don't see it ranking better than a C-
Science doesn't care what you think.
If people want to live in a fantasy world where everything is great then they can do so but the world will be affected either way.
And as far as fires go, humans may trigger them but droughts and high temperatures will exacerbate them.
As long as it doesn't get sheared out then parts of the region could do well.
An amplifying storm and the squeeze play with confluence could yield some high totals otherwise.
2C is the tipping point but you'd be a fool to think horrific events already hadn't transpired.
Billions in damages, millions of acres burned, catastrophic flooding & fires, devastating heat waves, crawl out from under your rock.
Mid-Atlantic is probably a more favored region than New England in a Nino blocking regime.
NAO won't be particularly strong though so we should avoid Feb 2010 type suppression.
EPS had higher heights out west near the Rockies by Feb 15th. Hopefully that continues
We should see opportunities from mid Feb through mid March. No guarantees of course but greater chances than usual.