Hurricane Helene and Hurricane John might have remained humble tropical disturbances, had the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean been a couple degrees cooler.
So, the first condition needed for hurricanes is warmer waters in the AtlanticOcean, which cause a number of other conditions favorable to hurricanes. "When the waters are warmer, it tends to ...
And while some hurricanes intensify over open water ... in the eastern Caribbean and western tropical Atlantic. A similar ocean layering occurs when hurricanes produce especially high amounts ...