It really is a wild anomaly. I thought a 0/0/0 in August during a Nina was insane but not anymore.
Models continue to back-off on significant development.
I don't care if the heat stays, it's the weather boredom that's more irritating. Just absolutely nothing going on.
Tropics are dead, rain chances are dead, severe weather is dead, meh all around.
It's interesting how things are playing out like 2013 with the low tropical activity and high retention of Arctic sea ice.
If only that could roll over into the winter.
Euro & GFS are showing more tropical development in the longer range so this quiet will break eventually.
However yes its been unusually quiet and very anti-Nina.
I think using base ENSO states to determine what the season will be no longer applies in the AGW era.
The seasons of yesterday are no more. It was nice while it lasted. Even the new normals can't keep up.
Newark will easily break the 90s August record and annual 90s record.
At least 5-6 more 90s this month and then probably a few in September should put them at 50+
18z GFS illustrates the concern that this year's storms won't develop much until they get west of 60W where it matters for us.
We could have 8 major hurricanes but if they all recurve well east of the US then would anyone regard that as an active season outside of the numbers.
It's the home brews or delayed developers that matter.
It really depends on whether or not the drought breaks. If it doesn't then you're probably right.
We'll also likely see a quick switch from summery to wintry. An early bout of snow wouldn't shock me either.
Lid normally comes off after tomorrow but this year looks slower than recent years so could be a 7-10 day delay before things pop off.
I suspect September/October will be quite active as dry air continues to slowly subside. Shear is actually normal to below normal in MDR
Newark could easily rack up another 5-6 days of 90s this month and get near or at its all time record.
And September always brings 2-4 more 90s so they should top 50 when all is said and done