Thanks to the record -NAO stint earlier this summer & late in the spring, the subtropical and extratropical north Atlantic are starting to resemble the warm phase of the AMO....
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The ECMWF forecasts weaker than average trade winds for the next week & a half in the eastern MDR & this is consistent w/ the recent passage of a CCKW-MJO couplet that's currently entering the Indian Ocean. The weaker the average trades will likely lead to some warming of the tropical Atlantic as long as the Saharan Air Layer isn't too extensive.
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