psyclone wrote:NDG wrote:I am almost starting to think that the MDR is going to be close for business this season as well, if this stable air keeps dominating it like it has so far this season and the last few seasons.
A storm would have to track far south like Chantal did or gain some more latitude towards the NW Atlantic to get away from the sea dessert.
July is hostile sledding for TC's in the Atlantic basin. it is not uncommon to have no storms in july. actually our basin is really marginal for cyclone activity with a brief spike at the heart of the season. each year I cut our season in half and effectively toss June, July and November. Storms in those months tend to be few and of low quality. Real hurricane season starts august 1 IMO. that is when the frequency of storms starts ramping up. Even so, that ramp up is from a very low baseline so a quiet first third of August isn't a shocker either. It is way too soon to make any judgment on this season since the real season hasn't started yet. If you're going to get slammed...the chances are overwhelming it happens in the August-October timeframe. June and July deliver appetizers (if anything)...the meat of the season is close (but not here yet)...but the charcoal is on. I think this year we'll see some significant MDR action but Dorian clearly ain't it...like Chantal, he was way before his time.
From the way I have been seeing it, the ridges and high pressures in the N. Atlantic that everyone is fearing so much, is causing the hostile conditions in the MDR and Western Sections of the Atlantic. It isn't until the long wave pattern becomes more usual with more weaknesses just before or after Bermuda and in the Central-East CONUS that shear lets up. This is probably almost completely on the border of pseudo science, but the purpose of Cyclones are to displace heat, therefore, if there is little heat or there is no path to which to displace heat to, then the likelihood of cyclogenesis may decrease (not disappear). We have seen cyclogenesis where it was not expected and stronger in the short-term twice. Chantal and Dorian, both developed rather quickly, and vanished as quickly, these storms are forming from pockets of strong instability and lose support of lapse rates shortly after, there is no influx of heat content from the equator across the MDR which occurs when deep layer flow temporarily slowed down by weaknesses in ridging.
IMO, the season will begin in earnest when we see a more typical ridge-weakness pattern. That is not to say that there is <probably> a higher risk of landfall due to stronger ridging.
Remember, the above may border on some pseudo science, and has no official semblance or support. Although i'd love a pro-met to chime in on that analysis, as I have been wrong or half-right before.