Surfline Lead Forecasters Kurt Korte and Mike Watson tackle a variety of topics related to the tropics. Tropical Cyclone Harold kicks things off but they quickly get into the impacts of El Niño and La Niña on tropical development in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. Next up, the guys discuss Colorado State University's early seasonal prediction of Atlantic tropical activity that dropped last week. They follow that with some memorable hurricanes from the past from their perspectives as both surfers and forecasters. The pod wraps up with a few things that the forecast team are working on related to the tropics that will be dropping on Surfline in the coming weeks.