{"id":98879,"date":"2026-09-12T18:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/powerful-el-nino-creates-conditions-for-a-record-low-atlantic-hurricane-season\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T18:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:07:06","slug":"powerful-el-nino-creates-conditions-for-a-record-low-atlantic-hurricane-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/powerful-el-nino-creates-conditions-for-a-record-low-atlantic-hurricane-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful El Ni\u00f1o creates conditions for a record-low Atlantic hurricane season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Atlantic is quiet \u2014 record quiet \u2014 this <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/national-weather-service-hurricane-season-less-experienced-staff-missing-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">hurricane season<\/a><\/span> thanks to an enormous El Ni\u00f1o that crushes storms before they get going.<\/p>\n<p>No Atlantic hurricanes have formed yet this year and none are likely to form for at least another week, even though this would normally be the peak of the season, according to the National Hurricane Center. The season <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2026-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">officially runs<\/a><\/span> from the beginning of June until the end of November. It normally peaks between August and October. Only five relatively weak and brief tropical storms have spun up this season.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 2026 set a record for the longest a season has begun without a storm that has reached winds of 64 mph to qualify as a hurricane \u2014 at least in the satellite era, said Nick Novella, a meteorologist at the government&#8217;s Weather Prediction Center. Before the 1950s there were a few years where no hurricanes were recorded this late in the season, but meteorologists don&#8217;t trust those records because ocean monitoring wasn&#8217;t complete.<\/p>\n<p>Overall hurricane activity using a measurement that factors in the number of storms, their strength and how long they last is also at a post-1950 record low, according to Colorado State University hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach. Storm activity in the Atlantic is only 7% of normal for this time of year. A team of experts from Colorado State University predicted in their 2026 annual hurricane report that nine named storms would form in the Atlantic basin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People shouldn&#8217;t let down their guard because it just takes one storm, even during an El Ni\u00f1o, to be catastrophic. Several experts pointed to 1992, which kicked off late but nastily with devastating Hurricane Andrew. Less powerful storms can also be dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really staggering, just how inhospitable the Atlantic is to anything that could form a tropical cyclone right now,&#8221; said Kristen Corbosiero, a University at Albany atmospheric science professor. &#8220;Anything that tries to form is just getting this triple whammy&#8221; of winds that decapitate a storm, dry air that starves it and downward pushing winds that basically stomp it.<\/p>\n<p>Those three forces are classic impacts of El Ni\u00f1o, the natural and temporary warming of parts of the equatorial Pacific that warps and warms weather worldwide, five experts told The Associated Press. The last time an El Ni\u00f1o pattern <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-nino-2026-hurricane-season-atlantic-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">occurred<\/a><\/span> was in 2023. An El Ni\u00f1o pattern occurs every two to seven years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just hammering the Atlantic. It&#8217;s just impressive,&#8221; Klotzbach said. &#8220;We haven&#8217;t even had anything really even close to a hurricane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Strong El Ni\u00f1o winds stop storms<\/h2>\n<p>The biggest <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-nino-2026-hurricane-season-atlantic-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">El Ni\u00f1o effect<\/a><\/span> in the Atlantic is record-strong wind shear, which is when strong easterly winds hit a storm system at low levels while strong westerly winds push it the other way at upper altitudes. The result is they &#8220;tear apart&#8221; the storm, Corbosiero said.<\/p>\n<p>In the area between Africa and the Caribbean where the strongest storms normally form and head west, that wind shear is about 45 mph more than what a tropical cyclone can withstand, Corbosiero said. That&#8217;s an unheard-of level, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their heads are cut off before they even have a chance,&#8221; said University of Miami hurricane expert Brian McNoldy.<\/p>\n<p>The one area where wind shear hasn&#8217;t been high has been the Gulf of Mexico and those storms tend to really get going later in the season, so there could still be some strong ones coming to that region, Corbosiero and others warned.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the dry air that starves the storm, African dust is choking it and there are fewer &#8220;seeds&#8221; of stormy weather that could develop, all classic El Ni\u00f1o signs, the experts said. And in the Atlantic, high pressure is pushing the air downward, which also hinders storms from forming, they said.<\/p>\n<p>This is all despite warm waters \u2014 the world&#8217;s oceans have been record hot for 100 days \u2014 that normally feed storms. It shows the power of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-nino-2026-possible-return-earth-hotter\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">El Ni\u00f1o<\/a><\/span> to overcome that, Klotzbach said.<\/p>\n<p>The trouble is the Atlantic waters, while warm, haven&#8217;t warmed up nearly as quickly as the atmosphere above, which got hotter quickly as part of El Ni\u00f1o, said Massachusetts Institute of Technology meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel. His research found what matters more than just the water temperature is the difference in temperature between the air and the water. Because hurricanes are powered by the flow of heat from the ocean to the air. The higher that is, the less storm activity there will be.<\/p>\n<p>The waters of the Atlantic are a few months behind the atmosphere in feeling the El Ni\u00f1o effect. But next year, as the El Ni\u00f1o winds down and cools closer to normal, the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-resistant-home-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">warm water<\/a><\/span> will persist, which will increase the odds for next season to be extra busy, Emanuel said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/16\/b9709944-4b10-483c-aa51-5b1d8f64552f\/thumbnail\/620x349\/3559054144f986f2f605a0f585b1fc63\/gettyimages-2290109000.jpg#\" alt=\"Hurricane Lala In Hawaii \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/16\/b9709944-4b10-483c-aa51-5b1d8f64552f\/thumbnail\/620x349\/3559054144f986f2f605a0f585b1fc63\/gettyimages-2290109000.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/16\/b9709944-4b10-483c-aa51-5b1d8f64552f\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/d642c1eba13790f90677bb1aaf523347\/gettyimages-2290109000.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A vehicle approaches a downed utility pole dangling above Mamalahoa Highway during Hurricane Lala near Ocean View, Hawaii, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Stephen Lam\/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just as El Ni\u00f1o traditionally dampens Atlantic hurricane season, it tends to rev up tropical cyclone activity in the Pacific, with moist air and little wind shear. And so far this year, storm activity in the eastern Pacific is nearly double normal, with hurricanes lasting much longer than usual. In the central Pacific, activity is about 40% more than normal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just a party out there, one right after the other in the eastern Pacific,&#8221; Klotzbach said.<\/p>\n<p>While the Atlantic has had only five small tropical storms, there have been 16 named storms in the eastern Pacific and 20 in the central Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii has been hit twice. Hurricane Lowell <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-lowell-hawaii-heavy-rain-strong-winds-waves\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pelted Hawaii&#8217;s western islands<\/a><\/span>\u00a0last week, causing widespread power outages on the island of Kauai. The small Kauai community of Hanalei reported 17.76 inches of rain. In August, Hurricane Lala \u2014 though it didn&#8217;t make landfall on the islands \u2014 caused widespread power outages and washed\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tropical-storm-lala-hawaii-big-island-mudslide\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">away about 100 homes<\/a><\/span>. The Category 1 hurricane passed 30 miles off the Big Island&#8217;s coast, bringing torrential rains and wind gusts over 80 mph.<\/p>\n<p>El Ni\u00f1o tends to push storms farther west than other years, Corbosiero said.<\/p>\n<p>Because scientists have long known about El Ni\u00f1o&#8217;s effects on storm activity in both oceans, forecasters months ago predicted a slow Atlantic hurricane season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think anyone really foresaw it being this quiet,&#8221; McNoldy said. &#8220;This is quite remarkable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags 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