Granted, other models (CMCC - Italian model and Meteo-France) don't agree, showing a weaker -VP cell over the C/E. Pac with the main one over the Atlantic and W. Africa. Doesn't make physical sense to me, given the lingering warm pool across the W. Pacific. pic.twitter.com/DIXLswtvQ0

— Yaakov Cantor (@yconsor) May 14, 2023