SoupBone wrote:So through 384, the GFS loses it completely after getting near Haiti at hour 240.
It’s not out of the question that it could be right. The East Caribbean isn’t always hostile, and it often turns favorable later in the season than other parts of the Atlantic. But it’s hard to get a read that far out. MJO forecasts have been changing every day. The most recent ones from JMA, EC and predicted by NCEP aren’t necessarily unfavorable in 10-12 days as they were. None of them stay in 8 which is where it is initialized. But they mostly move within the circle. That can be a mixed signal for the western part of the basin even though we know Atlantic conditions are going to move back to less/unfavorable after a couple of weeks.
Early thoughts as to the comments on Mexico are if 9 makes it down to the BoC and comes back NE, that probably signals the end of the season for the west basin. Otherwise, we could still see an October pulse of a couple of systems once things turn again. But who knows. It could be strong and come across. Strong and die out or weaken or whatever. Conditions shouldn’t be terrible along the way, but I don’t have a read on this one.