Yes, I agree with this. I guess this can be said true regardless, but one discriminator in warm EL Nino's versus colder EL Nino's is the state of the heights over the Arctic domain. Also, and this is a statement I won't hold with a significant amount of weight b/c I don't have a ton of support to back this up, but when we tend to get a -NAO with an EL Nino...we tend to get a -NAO which is more favorable for deeper cold (or trough) in our neck of the woods, increasing potential for coastal storms