Not exact matches
Because a
hurricane cools surface water, it discourages the
formation of later storms in its wake, providing a form of negative feedback that limits the
hurricane merging effect.
El Niño is a key factor in making
hurricane seasonal forecasts
because the changes in atmospheric patterns over the tropical Pacific that it ushers in have a domino effect on patterns over the Atlantic, tending to suppress
hurricane formation.
And
because it tends to ride dry desert air (duh), it can put a damper on
hurricane formation.
That's
because even as warmer oceans provide jet fuel for
hurricanes, changes in atmospheric wind patterns can still interfere with their
formation by preventing storms from forming or, literally, tearing them apart.