A lot of people are predicting the exact opposite. Lots of calls for record or near-record global warmth in 2014, with an El NiƱo developing. That's all they're talking about in the climate change sub-forum on AmericanWx right now.
I don't think you're giving him enough credit. We were actually in correspondence a few days ago regarding the forum switch. He knows all about it. He probably knew before most of us did.
The models were showing a nice trend of possible retrogression toward the end of the month yesterday. That's all dissolved in the last few runs, though. A shame.
39/34 with fog down here. Nice to have it feeling like winter again at least. Personally I am hoping for a cold/active first half of spring this year. The mountains will be needing the snow and it would be nice to have some active weather for a few months.