2017 Atlantic Hurricane Forecast: Possible El Nino to limit Development of Storms

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2017 Atlantic Hurricane Forecast: Possible El Nino to limit Development of Storms

10 Apr, 2017

Published over 9 years ago. See the latest and most current information on Air monitoring.

AccuWeather reports experts are calling for a below-normal hurricane season this year, as a potential El Niño may limit the development of storms.

AccuWeather meteorologists are predicting 10 named storms, five of which are projected to become hurricanes and three of which may become major hurricanes.

"The big factor is going to be the fact that we now believe El Niño will come on board some time during the summer and will continue all the way through the rest of the hurricane season," AccuWeather Meteorologist Dan Kottlowski said.

El Niño is characterised by warmer-than-normal ocean water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean near the equator. 

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