It's not just you. I did some reading yesterday and the Saharan dust storms are keeping dry air over the Atlantic and killing out the tropical waves coming off of central Africa. It's expected it to continue through mid August. Hold on tight after that!

Coast of Africa has been completely dead with ZERO storm development, of course it was predicted earlier in the year to be a major hurricane season. Well, it better get on the stick, if it's gonna happen.

Guys,

It was either yesterday or maybe day before, but I heard on ABC's national news that morning, whichever weather guru say that they are still predicting above average storm season in the Atlantic and Gulf. Now, while I don't wish anybody to blow off the earth or drown, it's really a sad state out here in west Texas, where I am, but bring it!

You toll up the lack of rain, the 100 degree days or even near 100, like there is a lot of difference between 98 and 100...
Then we add that southwest wind we have more times than not, it's been like an air fryer outside this summer.

Now these guys that are thinking it's still going to be a over active season, maybe I am thinking about this all wrong, but does that mean that once the storms start their track across the Atlantic, it's going to be one right after the other?
I have followed all those Sahara desert sand storms keeping the breeding grounds of the storms at a null, heck I have even read that some of the haze we have had that is easy to see was from those sand storms. Heck I get that sure enough.

Heck here in west Texas we have more than our share of sand storms, I have seen the automated lights in town come on from the dirt in the air bad enough and it was that dark out from the dirt in the air. Yes, to me once your sand storm gets that bad, it's way past just sand in the air, lol; it's more like dirt!

Those storms in the Sahara must be really bad mamajammers if they drift up enough and get carried across the Atlantic and to where I see them here, in this smaller desert. But, from one desert to another, I sure wish they would stop blowing. Now we have not had any really bad sand storms since June, I almost hate to say that for the fear of one come up today. It's bad enough just hot and dry outside, don't need to add the dirt in the air lol...It's certainly dead and baron enough around here that we could have one with just a little breath from mother nature...

Now on the dramatic scale of things here, I find it sort of funny and then maybe not so funny, but I am guessing here maybe these winds of change or going to level out the Sahara desert from there all the way across the Atlantic to our shores here, something like the Baja peninsula in Mexico, heck we could have new places to fish out there.

No, I just think the heat is getting to me now lol. But those Sahara sand storms must be really big and really bad to affect the climate that much.

Finally see a tropical wave coming off the coast of Africa. First inkling of a tropical system in weeks...

Tim,

It seems like it's at least month's since one has stirred up there lol. I am going this week at some point with one livewell full of Black-Salties for a all nighter at Allen Henry. Rain to happen or not and Temps to moderate are not as well. I have just got to go lol.

Heck I go fishing in the Gulf and it's always really hot and I still have a great time there, so a hot night here is not a deal breaker, I just thought it was going to break this 100 degree stuff at any time...

I have give up, and maybe just maybe me going night fishing it will rain lol.
I have washed my truck a number of times, as well as the opposite and got it as muddy as it ever gets and nothing makes it rain. So maybe me going for a possible soaking is the trick. After all I just put two new 800 gph bilge pumps in and one of those is a automatic that kicks both on, if it rains more than that I guess I am really getting wet lol.

Yep, had my eye on it for three days now, with my fingers crossed.

And it fizzled out.

Heck I even grabbed my cousin and our two old guys went for a night fish on Allen Henry last night. Figured getting my old boat out that would be a cinch to make it rain lol. By 11:30 pm that super full moon had the lake all lite up and it was glass calm. No clouds over the lake and they with the rain moved west...

I had one take and I still don't know why I didn't hook that fish, but not another bite. All I had for bait was Black-Salties, I know you guys don't have success with them, I have always used perch, but this year know one local have had them.