Impending La Nina Making For An Interesting Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast

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Jeff Berardelli, Chief Meteorologist of WFLA, Tampa, has posted some useful graphs showing the comparison between storm activity in El Nino years (like the one we are just coming out of) and the complimentary opposite cycle La Nina years, which meteorologists see developing this summer.

In El Nino years, a tendency for upper level wind shear, destructive currents that tear apart storms, has a dampening effect on hurricane development in the Atlantic Basin. Even so, last summer was a very active year for storms, owing in large part to very warm sea surface temperatures.This summer, those temps remain very warm, but the wind shear is projected to go away. Hilarity will no doubt ensue.

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EDIT

https://thinc.blog/2024/03/28/la-nina-is-coming-why-thats-big-news-for-hurricane-season/

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. I live 4 blocks from the Gulf in Tampa Bay

area. Stop it!!!!

[snowybirdie]

2. There seems to be an underlying

glee with reports like this. Useless information, no way to prepare, just a way to garner attention and scare folks. Bad storms impact thousands of people, but there's no way to use this information to stop or do anything to prevent. We coast dwellers get excited and worried a week or so before a storm, not 4 months out.