Now I see that he appears to be getting the +PDO forecast idea from the WB CFS SSTa prog for Nov. based on 10 days of runs with a 1981-2010 base: look how cold it has the IO, the area between Japan and Hawaii, the S Pacific from E of Australia out several thousand miles, the strip from off the SE US to the N Atlantic, and the SW Atlantic to just off S. America. These 5 areas are mainly BN with coldest of -2 to sub -3! Then note the warmth off W N. America with as warm as +2 off Baja. That does l