The historic heatwaves could cause even more trouble by potentially setting the stage for powerful hurricanes. "The major risk," according to analysts at Citigroup, is that global warming and record-high ocean temperatures diminish the El Niño wind shear impacts that prevent Atlantic Ocean storms...
As we reach the historical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, there are no active hurricanes in the Atlantic or the Pacific basins. If fact, Wednesday afternoon marked the first time that we had no active hurricanes in the Atlantic or the Pacific since Aug. 26,according to Phil Klotzbach...
1 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasters in May predicted an 85 percent chance of an above-normal season.2 Sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean are anticipated to maintain record-warm levels, creating the thermodynamic engine that enable...
Anomalously high SSTs prevailed across the tropical Atlantic, and vertical wind shear was anomalously weak, especially in the central tropical Atlantic, from late August to late September when several major hurricanes formed. Late-season hurricane activity was likely reduced by a convectiv...
Warmer SSTs generally correlate with more frequent genesis and greater potential intensity, while VWS inhibits genesis and prevents any hurricanes that do form from reaching their potential intensity. When averaged over the main hurricane-development region in the Atlantic, SST and VWS co-vary ...
Forecasters sensed the 2004 hurricane season would be very active, but even storm veterans have been surprised by the past 30 days. Last month marked the first time since the beginning of postwar hurricane reconnaissance flights that August generated three major hurricanes in the Atlantic. If the...
According to AccuWeather, La Niña patterns typically "lead to more tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic due to reducedwind shear, or disruptive winds high in the atmosphere." Will It Be The Worst Ever? The 2005 and 2020 hurricane seasons each generated 31 tropical systems, AccuWeath...
The forecasting team is not yet certain which ocean basin will be the "winner" in the battle and will update its predictions in June. Hurricanes are violent storms that form over warm tropical oceans. They begin as low-pressure areas and subsequently enhance thunderstorm activity as they move ...
The team predicts 13 named storms will form during the 2005 hurricane season and that seven of those named storms will grow into hurricanes. In early December, the team had predicted 11 named storms, six of which would develop into hurricanes. Eight hurricanes formed during 2004's unusually ...
The Atlantic basin, which includes the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, typically produces about 14 named storms in an average year. Seven of those tropical storms grow into hurricanes, and about three of those hurricanes grow into majo...