Active Pacific, Quiet Atlantic...

In my 4 plus decades of TV Broadcasting, memory tells me when the Eastern Pacific Basin is active with many storms, the Atlantic Basin is mostly quiet.   That is the case again tonight where the newest storm (Fausto) has formed with possibly another forming right behind it.  On the other hand, the water vapor loop clearly shows massive dry air (African Dust?) covers most of the eastern Atlantic east of the islands with a well defined T.U.T.T. creating wind shear across the Gulf into the western  Atlantic.  If we are to get our next named storm (Bertha), it most likely will be much like Arthur, forming along an old frontal boundary over the northern Gulf or along the East Coast of Florida or the Carolinas.   Right now we just need some rain as our current dry spell is at 10 days.  Rain chances will be higher the next 3-4 days as a weak upper low coupled with a leftover frontal boundary should trigger a few daytime heating storms.  This boundary is not likely to push offshore like the last one that brought lower dew points and cooler night time lows.   Nope, summer is here until September although I have noticed that my water oaks are developing acorns already.  Signs of early Fall cool fronts?   Wouldn't that be nice!