An interesting side note. June averaged daily temperatures have
been running over 2 degrees F below normal. Of course, PTC one
traversed the Keys earlier in the month, but temps have been below
normal so far even taking that into account. The reason?
Convection and cloud cover have been more abundant so far than a
typical June, mainly because the typical June pattern of the
western Atlantic ridge building over the Peninsula has not taken
place in earnest. Migratory troughs along the Eastern Seaboard
have helped keep the axis of the Atlantic shunted south and east
of the Keys. Of course, there are a few weeks of June left, but
the extended model guidance still does not show the ridge building
into a more climatological position
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.ph ... glossary=0
Wonder if this is an indicator in any way of the steering pattern for when Cape Verde season starts.
, I know warming of the oceans during June is the same as saying that water is wet. It's more about the speed at which it happening (or at least seems to be happening in these MPI images) compared to previous years. I guess the image from 2020 in the post afterwards is a bit better to put it into context.
