@JazzyNewps@BigJoeBastardi In a couple of weeks the atmosphere will become very favorable for the development of a tropical depression/storm and possibly hurricane in the Western Caribbean.
@BlueOC1981 @DrLucyJones Each whole number increase in Magnitude represents a tenfold increase in the measured amplitude (how strong it feels), and it represents 32 times more energy released. So it would take over 33 million M4 quakes to release the same amount of energy as a M8 earthquake.
@BigJoeBastardi I’m watching future Ernesto closely… I live in New England. For it have a chance to hit us it’s going have to stay weak to allow it to head further west before making the north turn.
@MichaelRLowry I would say the phase of the MJO causing subsidance in the tropical Atlantic is responsible for the lack of tropical activity and the dry air.