***Official 2020 Tropical Weather Thread***

ElOgro

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It’s that time of year again. It’s been a strange spring for us, normally any time after mid April it’s HAF, this is the first time in the last 25 years that I can remember sleeping without a fan in the end of May.

Anyway

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Early season. We need two more weeks for it to dry up enough to get a backhoe in to enlarge the lagoon, doesn’t look like it’s gonna happen.

Also looks like the monster swell FnR is sending us from Nica is gonna be a mess.

Stay tuned...
 

MANdingo

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Same here. We're still getting down to the mid 60s at night. Another thing I have never seen are the Primaveras and Rosa Moradas blooming in May. It´s usually feb/mar for us. Water temp is 79°. Me likey!
 

Mr Doof

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Am wondering if the decrease in particulate from the industrialized nations due to the pandemic shutdown is having some weather impact.
 

gbg

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El Ogro, you said not using a fan?

I can imagine u have been down there so long you have adjusted, but damn I can't imagine sleeping without AC.
 

ElOgro

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El Ogro, you said not using a fan?

I can imagine u have been down there so long you have adjusted, but damn I can't imagine sleeping without AC.
Nobody gets used to HAF level. When it’s really hot we sleep in hammocks.
 

Surfdog

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That’s above my pay grade but surfdawg should be able address your question.
I have no real idea if the world wide reduction in particulates and more importantly to others, CO2 emissions, will have any weather pattern effects. Might create more cloud formation, might reduce it? Soot levels should be reduced, and that should help the Arctic ice this summer, maybe? So maybe less melt-off, but maybe more?

I don't think the reduction effects would show up immediately so much, anyway. It's like trying to turn a huge supertanker around. It will take a while and by the time it does, we may be back to near typical emission/particulate levels again. So whatever changes that do happen, would be a blip or hiccup, possibly.

Maybe if this lasted for many months, or well into next year, we might see something, globally. But effects on actual storms or activity levels? Crap shoot IMO.

We're trending towards a possible solid La Nina later this summer, into winter. So, if anything this might either enhance it, or who knows, possibly weaken it. It's all a guess at this point. I doubt anyone knows.

So, this summers EPac Hurricane season may be tough for So Cal, but maybe more landfalls in tropical Mexico. We had quite a drop in Nino3.4 and 1.2 region temps in May. A little bounce back the last week or so, but trend is looking to stay well into La Nina ranges. May be late in summer before So Cal gets a shot at any making it into the window. S. Baja and mainland Mex will be the call more than anything.

So Hemi season looks like it could be decent though. So far, a few decent starter swells. Maybe a classic big one this year (2x-3x overhead), if we're lucky?
 

gbg

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September and October will be a good time to be on the east coast.
 

Sharkbiscuit

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Anyone on the fence about going to El Salvador for the 4th of July, I'd charge it. I've heard very, very good words about the status of things after sediment vomit. They say it likes a swell or two to mellow out the tree debris. I would not be surprised if some of your favorite cobblestone soul zones turn into spinning throaters.
 

Surfdog

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Could be an "interesting" summer on the E Coast and Gulf of Mexico if La Nina get her ass in gear.

Be careful what you wish for though.
 

gbg

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With my likely teleworking for months, when I do go back to DE after Labor Day, Im going for 2-3 weeks.
 

TeamScam

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That's about as good a plan as you could have for these parts. Right up through November, if no tropical there's always weekly frontal passages which potentially blow up. But you know that.

We've already had some tropical/subtropical action.