Thanks for the new forum Mike. "Tropics Quiet for the Moment" is probably as good a title as any.

There were some good posts on the last page of the last thread from Steve and Rob Mann about how the basin is, climatologically speaking, actually ahead of schedule and how ripe the tropics should be, come the beginning of peak season. Looking forward to it after such a slow start, one which really had only one or two close calls. Unfortunately for us impatient trackers, it looks like we will enter the month of August without so much as a TD

. However, if the much anticipated and expected upturn in activity occurs, this could still be a memorable season.

Sticking with my December numbers of 14/8/3.