99L explodes another Joe Bastardi myth. When the Euro went loopy and showed a cane off the se coast JB started harping about how an august  cool shot means atlantic tropical activity. all we got and we will get was  a  minimal cane in the one  place  in the tropics that  has been the only favorable  place for  years, BOC. Im baffled that NOAA upped their forecast slightly when the atlantic  is so dry and sheared. This also shows just  how  little SST's matter, at least above  normal SST's. They