cycloneye wrote:I dont know if the development of the two Tropical Depressions and possibly named storms in the EPAC has to do with the wet phase of the MJO,but it's a coinsidence that the EPAC has been in the wet phase of MJO for more than 2 weeks and these two systems formed into TD'S.
It makes a lot of sense that the MJO has affected development. The phase is definitely coinciding with these locations. And it's no coincidence that Man-Yi developed while the MJO was over in that region.
http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/clfor/cfstaff/matw/maproom/RMM/phase.Last40days.html