AlphaToOmega wrote:I see no reason why the MDR would not warm from now to September; throughout every single season from 2012 to 2021, the MDR has warmed from May to September due to the WAM. The only recent year when MDR SSTAs were hostile for development was 2018, which had a full blown -AMM during ASO as well as a well-below-average MDR during May. Also, Gulf of Mexico SSTAs mean nothing at this point in time given that the Gulf of Mexico is very variable in terms of SSTAs.
People, for some reason, seem to be more focused on current patterns than ASO patterns.
There is no doubt that the MDR will warm, I don't think anyone is saying otherwise. The topic of discussion is whether it will warm enough to warrant the extremely hyperactive scenarios being forecast by some of the long range models.