MJO phases 3-6 are expected to be favored this winter, which makes sense given the SST setup in the tropical PAC. The thing that is disturbing, and Griteater mentioned this over a month ago, is the possibility of flat Aleutian ridging, instead of poleward ridging, which is being shown in the long range. He expects this flat Aleutian ridging to be dominant this winter given the anomalies he looked at in the North Pacific back during October, not what we want to see