Unusual Summer pattern continues into August...more cold fro

[Stormcenter]

Below is an excerpt from this morning's NWS discussion
from New Orleans, LA.

SUN AND HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK...THE FCST BECOMES MUCH MORE
UNCERTAIN. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT A RIDGE MAY TRY TO DEVELOP OVER
THE DESERT SW AND BUILD EAST. HGHTS WILL RISE ACROSS THE REGION
ALONG WITH LL TEMPS. THIS WOULD LEAD TO TEMPS BACK AT OR EVEN A
DEGREE OR TWO ABV NORMAL. ALSO RAIN CHANCES WILL LIKELY DROP BACK TO
BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS STILL 7 DAYS OR MORE OUT AND IF THE ECMWF IS
CORRECT, WE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE BACK INTO NW FLOW WHICH COULD DROP
ANOTHER FRONT TWRDS THE AREA BUT GIVEN BY THAT TIME IT WILL BE
EARLY AUGUST I NEED TO SEE A FEW MORE RUNS OF THAT SCENARIO BEFORE
I JUMP ON THAT SHIP. /CAB/

[Sanibel]

Yeah, our SE tropical tradewind rainy season pattern never showed up this year. I bet it has something to do with that big freeze ice pattern last winter in the arctic. We are way low on rainfall this year.

Never the less those dud waves coming off Africa are a sign that eventually they'll deepen and develop as the season becomes so juiced up from conditions that they won't have any choice.