The 2022 hurricane season has gotten a slow start. Here's why — and what that could mean for storms later this year.
. It's also allowing the powerful jet stream to dip far to the south over the central Atlantic, preventing hurricanes from forming.
Climate change is causing hurricanes to get more powerful on average. In general, air that's becoming warmer and more moist provides more fuel for extreme weather, from hurricanes to intense inland storms. Researchers are still working to learn how rising temperatures might affect the overall number of storms that form.
But their services have not been required this summer, because sunny conditions have brought heat waves to northern latitudes and raised ocean temperatures in the far north to resemble tropical warmth.With little need for hurricanes to transport heat, the Atlantic isn't the only place seeing a calmer storm season.
"It's unlikely we're going to have an above-average season now," he said, noting that the hurricane season is nearing its traditional halfway point of Sept. 10.But forecasters warn not to become complacent in the absence of hurricanes.
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