Is the MJO underrated?

[Kingarabian]

Only until this season I found about the MJO... And not much people know of it and it's affects.

Question is: Should the MJO be getting more attention (more analysis, research, etc)? I mean once it gets active it can jump start a dormant basin!

[Ntxw]

The MJO is one of the biggest phenomena to occur in the tropical region of the globe and is overlooked because during tropical season people love to point "hey the waters are insanely warm something's gotta form!" They forget that the waters are always warm most of the season and the atmosphere is the key to what works and what doesn't. Think of the MJO as a large monsoon area that travels the global west to east. Noaa has a good write up for it.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p ... ummary.pdf

Page 3 speaks of the MJO and the effects it has on tropical activity.

[Kingarabian]

The MJO is one of the biggest phenomena to occur in the tropical region of the globe and is overlooked because during tropical season people love to point "hey the waters are insanely warm something's gotta form!" They forget that the waters are always warm most of the season and the atmosphere is the key to what works and what doesn't. Think of the MJO as a large monsoon area that travels the global west to east. Noaa has a good write up for it.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p ... ummary.pdf

Page 3 speaks of the MJO and the effects it has on tropical activity.

Thanks Ntxw! Learned so much from you this year.

[RL3AO]

There was a scientific paper showing something like 70% of major hurricanes occur when the MJO is in phases 1 and 2 but I couldn't find it on google.