I never said it was a given. I'm just saying we need to get one next year or else we will be waiting for awhile longer.
@EastCoast NPZ Yes I'm aware. But I'm hoping an easing of the PDO and Chill's theory of blocking episodes coming around after a long hiatus has some merit. And again, nothing is guaranteed. But no matter what, a strong enough Niño still gives us our best chance of all the enso states, so we root for it.
@CAPE Psu said something a few weeks ago about early indications of east based, but I don't know where he saw that.