Locked. I was posting too much consecutively, thirsting for discussion. I just get excited.
The last time we had a -AO like what's being advertised on models Dec 7-13 is 2009:
Here are the broader analogs:
My 45N theorum
This is even before I hypothesize we transition into +PNA (or much less -pna) Dec 15
Anyway, then 1989 is the next best analog. That had a much different outcome thereafter, 35 years ago. (87, 85, 83, 81 -ao matches.. let's see what happens)
2016, 2017 were liter -AO matches Dec 7-13, and these went heavy -PNA Jan/Feb