This said the nice block setting up near north of AK does make me wonder if we can sneak in a winter event the first week of March. I just don't know though without a -nao if we can get it done in March. Maybe @GaWx has some statsOne thing everyone needs to remember when you are looking at these cold anom maps for early March is that our averages are creeping upward. So a pretty blue/green/purple cold looking map with -10-15°F anoms might still be highs 45-50 and lows 25-30.