The Climate Impact Company 2021 tropical cyclone season activity forecast for the North Atlantic basin indicates 17 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes and 2 intense hurricanes. Above normal activity is expected although not as active as last year. The accumulated cyclone energy forecast is 127.

The Australia Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting negative Indian Ocean Dipole to develop for JUL/AUG 2021. The event is weak and short-lived. -IOD climate pattern are associated with wet climate across western and southern Australia.

Australia Bureau of Meteorology ended La Nina 2020-21 today. SSTA in the equatorial East Pacific remains marginally cool however upper ocean heat to support La Nina’s survival is disappearing fast. The Australia Bureau of Meteorology ENSO forecast indicates neutral ENSO ahead for the middle third of 2021.

The Loop Current is unusually active in the Gulf of Mexico SSTA pattern right now causing an area of very warm water to gather just-off the southeast coast of Louisiana where the current undergoes the east turn. The pool of very warm water has caused the low-level atmosphere in this region to become unusually moist.