Sentences with phrase «weak hurricane season»
El Nino has been linked to strong winter storms that batter Southern California, to a weak hurricane season in the Atlantic as high - altitude winds shear the towering tops from developing tropical storms, to searing droughts in southern Asia like the one that spawned enormous rain forest fires in Indonesia in 1997.
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My initial guess is yes, because it has been a weak hurricane season so far, and the beginning and end of the seasons tend to be correlated.
Not exact matches
In terms of so - called «Accumulated Cyclone Energy» (ACE), a common measure of the total destructive power of a season's storms, 2013 ranks among the 10 weakest since the dawn of the satellite era in the mid-1960s, said Dennis Feltgen, a spokesman for the Miami - based National Hurricane Center.
And it can make the Atlantic season weaker, in part because it can make wind shear stronger in the Atlantic, which can pull hurricanes apart when they are trying to form.
Moreover, as each hurricane season is relatively short, it is especially susceptible to the caprices of «weather», i.e., a season may be strong or weak due to a particular weather pattern that is just a few weeks long and that does not reflect any long - term trend whatever.
During the 2008 - 2009 TC season, the Southern Hemisphere ACE was about half of what's expected in a normal year, with a multitude of very weak, short - lived hurricanes.
Historical records indicate that moderate to strong El Nino events dampen hurricane activity — whereas years with very weak El Niño conditions can be associated with active hurricane seasons if a Climate Pulse Hurricane Enhancement Cycle is in place — and it ihurricane activity — whereas years with very weak El Niño conditions can be associated with active hurricane seasons if a Climate Pulse Hurricane Enhancement Cycle is in place — and it ihurricane seasons if a Climate Pulse Hurricane Enhancement Cycle is in place — and it iHurricane Enhancement Cycle is in place — and it is.»
However, all years are not the same — therefore it could mature enough to form a very weak El Niño, but not strong enough to dampen the hurricane season.