Though too early for any real certainty, somewhere between a weak Niña to weak Niño are the table at this point, with a La Nada of some sort favored imho. SOI has been dropping lately, fwiw, per attached. When you look at everything, there really are mixed signals on how winter goes in the east imho. But, admittedly, that ain't saying much other than equivoval, meteorological drivel. But I tried my best to sound good lol.