Agree. Everyone needs to accept the meaning of 'pattern' in terms of sensible weather. Pattern is mass field - not storms, and only moderately meaningful for sensible weather. With the exception of the global gyre as Tip has referenced, storminess is theoretical only.
But this board likes sensible measurable weather. We need to get a storm in the operationals with a couple days of consistency and then we can talk sensible. I don't care if it's day 3 or 10 - give me 3 operationals with 2 or 3 days of consistent runs on a threat, then we can fire up a thread and have at it.
There cannot be A storm threat based on h5 looks on the 10 - 15 day ensembles and I feel that's how some people perceive those depictions. We can be optimists tho. Feel free. I also don't like the buzzkillers taking aim and positive vibes.