Upper ocean heat in the equatorial Pacific Ocean to the east of Dateline has diminished to near normal implying fuel to maintain La Nina is diminishing rapidly.

In the morning Climate Impact Company U.S. Energy Report, both the GFS and ECM agree on a snowstorm for east/southeast New England for early in the upcoming weekend. Southeast Massachusetts may receive 1 foot of snow.

Proximity of snow cover in the Missouri Valley coupled with a northerly air mass trajectory drove over-achieving cold mornings this weekend in Louisiana.

Gas population weight HDD anomaly forecasts certainly reveal the bold bias across the North, East and into the South into early February followed by a shift of the cold (and attendant heating demand) westward into the middle third of February.