I agree with Stewarts Thoughts though, because they are very much in line with my own for this winter, which I've always thought would be mildish for December before getting progressively colder through January and particularly into February, so if he is wrong, I will be too.
When I got my own LRF together in November I did so knowing that the extended models weren't backing me up at all, but the broad thrust for my forecast (mild early, cold late) seemed like a no brainer for me, as all the signals I looked at appeared to point in that direction.