The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season would feature a slightly below-average number of storms due to the weather phenomenon of The boya major US weather center said Thursday.
El Niño, a weather phenomenon that forms from rising ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific, increases vertical wind shear, diminishing or dissipating tropical storms.
“If a strong cycle of The boythe potential still exists for an active Atlantic hurricane season”, indicated in a first prognosis the researchers of the State University of Colorado (CSU).
Forecasters expect two major hurricanes, or those with wind speeds of at least 179 kilometers per hour, and about six hurricanes and 13 named tropical storms to develop.
An average season in the Atlantic it carries some 14 named storms, including seven cyclones and three powerful hurricanes.
Last season, a streak of six consecutive years with above-normal hurricane activity was broken. The CSU had estimated four powerful hurricanes, but only two developed, including Hurricane Ian, which generated 150 mph winds and battered Florida and South Carolina.
There is a greater chance that this year’s storms will hit the Gulf Coast of the United States, rather than the Atlantic coast. The CSU sees a 28% chance of an impact on the Gulf Coast and a 22% chance of effects on the Atlantic Coast, forecasters said.
Overall, there is a 44% chance of a destructive cyclone along the continental United States and a 49% chance of a major hurricane moving through the Caribbean, the Colorado state center said. .
Source: Reuters
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