Well some had said in recent weeks that the MJO factor would not be condusive to developments until mid to late july but TD#2 has beaten those odds.
Okay I know you're talking about TWW and I there lol. Actually, we are still in a favorable MJO right now. It will be moving out of the Atlantic very soon. When I said no Bill for another 35 days (still think that btw), I was just assuming we wouldn't see any development for the last few days of the current favorable MJO. But noooooo...2003 had to go and pull another cheap record on us.
I do think this is a sign of a rather rowdy Cape Verde season. Our next eastern Atlantic storm (or Bill for that matter) shouldn't come until late July or August due to MJO, but even though it may be a while, there will be plenty CV systems to come this season.