We are hitting this correlation pretty hard on the Atlantic side.
I was curious because models show a 597dm ridge over Florida, and there appears to be a slight correlation to higher hurricane season activity in the Atlantic following that.
The NHC’s lack of propensity to name obvious tropical cyclones is starting to get annoying. It took them far too long to name Emily and the day before TD 6. Just because it’s in the open ocean doesn’t mean you don’t initiate advisories when it’s an obvious TC