The ocean air will effectively "cut the legs out from under" thunderstaorms.As CLA pointed out,the ocean temps are very cold and cold air does not rise which is how cumulus(the towering dark clouds we call thunder clouds) are formed.If you have spent a lot of time near the NE ocean,you will often see the clouds forming over land if the air is a little unstable and you will see a sharp cut-off right at the ocean where it will be totally clear.This is because the heating of the earth warms the air which in turn rises,then cools and condenses to form the clouds.The warm sun cannot warm the air over the cool ocean and thus no rising air to form cumulus clouds.
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