As of 730 PM Monday Dec 30, ensembles have faded a bit the past day or two of model cycles.  Snow event (minor) still could occur but suppression mostly south of us or delay til around the 8th.  Snow may come in pieces Monday Jan 6-early 9th.  Slower seems more likely for our area around the 8th when more longitudinal 5H troughing approaches from the Great Lakes as per the NAEFS which has considerable Canadian model influence.   An important feature may be the apparently big short wave divi