The tendency for tropical activity to focus in the w. Atl. basin in these analog years is likely related to the large pool of cooler than normal water in the e/c. subtrop. Atl., leading to frequent surges of drier, stable air into MDR and making it hard for waves to develop there pic.twitter.com/qI3kWuYubN

— Yaakov Cantor (@yconsor) July 29, 2022