El Nino's Unlikely Gift: A Storm Free Season The Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be one of the quietest on record, thanks in large part to a strong El Nino that has proven to be a storm stopping force.
This development may bring welcome relief to some, but it also highlights the complex and often counterintuitive ways global climate patterns impact our weather.
El Nino is a natural warming of parts of the equatorial Pacific that has far reaching effects on weather worldwide.