A sharp cooling trend has occurred in an ocean region that has important consequences for what happens in the upcoming hurricane season. The patch of water, west of Peru and Ecuador in South America ...

Although the official start to the Atlantic hurricane season isn't until June 1, tropical storms and hurricanes do sometimes ...

Hurricane forecasters are carefully watching ocean temperatures in the Pacific ... impact weather patterns globally, especially during late fall, winter, and early spring. La Niña also acts ...

are crucial pieces of the puzzle when ocean temps in the equatorial Pacific are neutral during the Atlantic hurricane season. During the 2024 hurricane season, record-warm waters across the ...

During El Niño, the Pacific Ocean sees warmer temperatures. That leads to more hurricane activity in the central and eastern Pacific basins due to less wind shear disrupting development.

During Hurricane Helene, then ... puzzled when they started showing up on the beach, seemingly from the ocean. Anna Yu As their name suggests, these tortoises spend most of their time in large ...

Thus, with neither La Niña or El Niño in charge, "ENSO-neutral" conditions appear to be most likely during the heart of the Atlantic hurricane season. This means that ocean water isn't particularly ...

which tends to inhibit hurricane formation in the Atlantic basin by creating hostile wind patterns (wind shear) over the Atlantic Ocean that hurricanes don’t flourish in. Conversely, during La ...

A hurricane's fuel source is warm ocean water, so a warm Atlantic tends ... uncertainty" around what conditions will be present during the peak of this year's hurricane season.

Starting in 2025, the National Hurricane Center will compose maps showing rip current risks when a tropical cyclone ...