I have a question: What happens or doesn't happen between December 1st and June 1st that causes trop systems not to form in the atlantic? The water temp around here drops and up the eastern seaboard, but sst's in the caribbean and south atlantic near the equator stay about the same right? Why doesn't stuff get stirred up? I know wind currents are a lot different around here too, but anyway...just wondering.

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the westerly flow drops far to the south and the itcz shifts southward with it... the conditions needed to support a tropical system generally can't be found in the off-months. -HF