Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. directs me to this new forecast product from NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL). If it holds, it suggests a big cooling event ahead.
NOAA/ESRL PSD and CU CIRES Forecast in Global Tropics Domain
LIM forecasts of SST anomalies based on November-December-January 2015-2016 initial conditions. Contour interval is 0.3 degrees C. For numerical values click here.
Source: http://esrl.boulder.noaa.gov/psd/forecasts/sstlim/for4gl.html
He adds: