That composite is ugly. But I remember Webb saying every single La Nina since 1980 had a +NAO in Feb if my memory serves me correct. So you would think the -NAO would have to help.Phase 7 MJO in a La Niña is terrible for the SE, maybe this tropical forcing mode is the reason why the cold keeps getting “pushed back”, you would think the giant west based -NAO would squeeze it East but it’s retrograding into a TPV thats being tugged west by another TPV, which pushes it west