Good morning.
I've been receiving a lot of questions about, "What's going on in the tropics?"
The answer simply is nothing.
We currently have copious amounts of dry air and Saharan dust over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic (see Saharan Air-layer Analysis - SAL below), abundant shear across the Caribbean and western tropical Atlantic and below average water temperatures over the far eastern tropical Atlantic. The combination of the above present highly unfavorable conditions for tropical development. In light of this it is very unlikely that we will see any development for probably at least 2 weeks. I'll write if things should change, but, so far so good.
Have a great 4th of July weekend,
Matt.
I've been receiving a lot of questions about, "What's going on in the tropics?"
The answer simply is nothing.
We currently have copious amounts of dry air and Saharan dust over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic (see Saharan Air-layer Analysis - SAL below), abundant shear across the Caribbean and western tropical Atlantic and below average water temperatures over the far eastern tropical Atlantic. The combination of the above present highly unfavorable conditions for tropical development. In light of this it is very unlikely that we will see any development for probably at least 2 weeks. I'll write if things should change, but, so far so good.
Have a great 4th of July weekend,
Matt.