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 Atlantic Ocean, which cause a number of other conditions favorable to hurricanes. "When the waters are warmer, it tends to ...
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Waters in the Atlantic Ocean have been extremely warm since last ... The long-term averages are 14.4 named storms and 7.2 hurricanes per year. As of this week, this season has featured five ...
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 ...