The first thread was deleted by the original starter.  I believe there still needs to be a thread for this time frame.  The pattern looks good and the euro had small amounts of snow on January 3rd but in my opinion it was really close to a big dog.  I'm not sure if I can post my maps but if someone has access to the americanwx models, look at the 500mb map around hr 150 and post if you want.  Let the talks begin and hopefully we can reel in a storm.  Happy reading!