The attached hovmoller plot from the UAlbany (courtesy Carl Schreck), updated Oct 11th (top plot), suggests that neutral-weak westerly wind anomalies are to develop across most of the Central and Eastern Equatorial Pacific, with a modest pocket developing from about 180-150W. Most of the projected westerly wind anomalies would be too far to the east to aid in any significant warm water downwelling/Kelvin wave activity. Although westerly anomalies near the dateline may help some, but in reality, anything east of about 170W is outside the Kelvin wave generation area. (SIDE NOTE: westerly winds that occurred in the W PAC from Sep 27th-Oct 8th, were however, able to provide at least modest warm water downwelling/Kelvin wave reinforcement). The projected westerly winds, IF they were to occur, would likely help promote a warming of SSTA across the Central/Eastern Equatorial Pacific, as they would help slow down/push back on cool water flowing from the east to the west. Equatorial ocean surface currents still have not yet flipped into an El Nino configuration (but are close) so there is still a pronounced flow of cool water from east to west. It's just that warm water from the currently surfacing Kelvin wave is mixing in and making this process less noticeable. In the attached image, I have also included the Oct 10th, TAO plot of actual SST's and wind speeds in the Equatorial Pacific (bottom plot). This shows the flow of cool water from east to west mentioned above. When looking at actual SSTs, one can really see this process. I have marked the TAO plot with a box and arrows, which shows the approximate location of the projected westerly wind anomalies. We'll see what happens.
EDIT: the black box in the TAO plot shows the general area in which the projected westerly wind anomalies would have the greatest effect. The arrows represent the direction in which those westerly wind anomalies would be pushing. With westerly wind anomalies pushing back on the cooler surface water flowing from the east to the west, SSTA would warm noticeably. This would be due to warmer water near the dateline being forced east and cooler water in the far Eastern Pacific not being allowed to flow as far west. 2 very large contributing factors to warming SSTA are, downwelling Kelvin waves, and direction/strength of the flow of equatorial ocean surface currents. Both are heavily influenced or a direct result of the strength and direction of equatorial surface level winds/anomalies.