These mild winters are terrible. I remember a couple years ago the winter was so consistent in New England. So far this winter is shaping up much like last winter. Mild temps and calm oceans.
A lot of us got spoiled in the Fall... but its pretty normal to have flat spells in the winter regardless of of it being a relatively active or inactive season.
ENSO-neutral conditions expected to persist through winter and into spring. That means no El Nino or La Nina predicted in the Northern Hemisphere, and "normal" patterns of both smaller windswells and major storms in general.