[Old Professer]

From the University of Illinois website:

Interaction with El Niño
how hurricane frequency may be affected
Researchers continue to investigate possible interactions between hurricane frequency and El Niño. El Niño is a phenomenon where ocean surface temperatures become warmer than normal in the equatorial Pacific. (The chart below shows the anomaly associated with the most recent El Niño in 1997-1998.) In general, warm El Niño events are characterized by more tropical storms and hurricanes in the eastern Pacific and a decrease in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

[wolfcreek]

In general, warm El Niño events are characterized by more tropical storms and hurricanes in the eastern Pacific and a decrease in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.


Exactly what's been happening this year. Coupled with an eastward shift in the monsoon and early cold (cool) fronts, it could be an interesting winter.


The Farmers Almanac is predicting a cold winter for much of the country.