{"id":177811,"date":"2023-06-26T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=177811"},"modified":"2023-06-26T16:12:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:12:52","slug":"the-2023-hurricane-season-is-unlike-any-other-with-forecasters-putting-all-faith-in-el-nino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/the-2023-hurricane-season-is-unlike-any-other-with-forecasters-putting-all-faith-in-el-nino\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2023 hurricane season is unlike any other with forecasters putting all faith in El Ni\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SOURCE: TC Palm – <\/strong>A feverish tropical Atlantic Ocean is doing things so rare even veteran hurricane experts are thunderstruck by its behavior this storm season, and curious \u2014 or anxious \u2014 about what will happen next.<\/p>

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Normally docile tropical waves cartwheeling off the coast of Africa are being goaded into development, the Saharan dust that tempers storm activity this time of year has been thin to nonexistent and the Azores area of high pressure that stirs the dust and sends cooling breezes over the eastern Atlantic is weak and out of place.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an atmospheric loop of cause and effect that has\u00a0left the waters\u00a0in the so-called main development region of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the Caribbean as much as 6 degrees warmer than normal for mid-June.<\/p>

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That heat helped Tropical Storm Bret form June 19, and encouraged Tropical Depression Four to earn the name Cindy three days later. Both have since fizzled.<\/p>

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Scientists are generally still predicting a near-normal hurricane season despite the unusual conditions, but they are putting all bets on an awakening El Ni\u00f1o to knock down what otherwise could be a savage year for storms.<\/p>\n

\u201cEl Ni\u00f1o will bring shear to the Atlantic basin and is the major check in this potentially very active Atlantic hurricane season,\u201d said Jeff Weber, an atmospheric scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.<\/p>

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\u201cI would expect the unexpected as we sail through these uncharted waters of exceptional sea surface temperatures in a developing El Ni\u00f1o year.\u201d<\/p>\n