hard to go off of persistence when we have a different pattern on our hands. honestly, there are some p stark similarities to march 2018 which i know scares a lot of people here but it's something we should take happily (a -NAO, post SSW, 50/50 low and troughing off the EC, troughing off the west coast and central ridging as a result)
i'd be worried about suppression in this pattern though given the low heights and the nature of a ridge pretty east but we'll see, definitely gonna take this look tho