it will be interesting to see whether or not all that pacific moisture can overpower the reduction of solar energy driving the expanded vortex, or if 2016 ends up cooler than 2015 despite the record el nino. we're really caught between two extremes, right now. let's hope the tornado season is less than catastrophic...

www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/record-low-temperatures-in-ontario-amid-deep-freeze-/63649/