People just don't understand the variety of NAO, never have, they look at historical numbers and try to predict LR based on numbers. Gimme a transient block with a 50 50 low any day. I have hyped EPO with transient blocks forever. Jan 11 started with a huge neg EPO dump that went positive, however the block moved west into Canada allowing room for the 50 50 low denying cutters. At the same time transient blocking just upstream of us worked. I remain very encouraged starting the 2nd week of Jan excellent chances at a very snowy month will be back.