talk about i ll nino. that s where we get warmer water as cross the coast of south america. that s in place. not in fully effect yet but will see a significant el nino event. when that happens, it makes for hostile upper level winds. generally you d say this is probably a less active season than usual. all of that said, so this warm pacific dimension brings strongly suppresses storms. but when you have a warm atlantic, that strongly enhances storms. the atlantic is also, neil, really warm right now. well above average. overall, our entire ocean basins, cumulatively are the warmest that they have ever been. including that they re in the atlantic. so now we have one force that should oppose any development or much development. one that will enhance it. so what does that do for the season? right now we re saying right down the middle, we ll see which
Meteorologists are predicting an average hurricane season in 2023, but Atlantic water temperatures and the El Niño weather phenomenon are leading to uncertainty.
for a reason, because they re good ideas to start with, which is why people keep looking for them and doing them over and over. perfect world. upon reaching, said enchanted island, you jump into the warm atlantic waters. if you could have a classic soundtrack to this adventure like samba, for instance. splash around for a while. maybe enjoy
coverage, are there chances that they will be an unexpected trajectory? is there a large trajectory as this store moves across? how much is remained to be seen as the storm continues its path that might be unpredictable? amy: this is what everyone s wondering, where does it go next? once the storm makes landfall, the center of the storm coming inland, right now we see the outer eye wall which is a different portion. the center is calm. once you go over land, you still have to deal with the other sid. we will still see the store make landfall. the northside has an enormous amount of water with us. this can reenter the warm atlantic waters on the other side of florida and it can make a secondary landfall in georgia or the southern coastline of south carolina. this will be what we wait and watch for. when the storm moves this
it won t be that strong. 5 to 8 feet in the low lying islands. they re only 10 feet tall. we ll be watching that. chad, thank you. hurricane fiona gathering speed as you heard chad there. it s climbing over the warm atlantic waters. it s left destruction in the wake. two people have died. the puerto rico national guard have been helping people. in the town of cane the guard said it rescued 21 elderly bedridden people from a nursing home threatened by landslides. in the city they rescued this man who was swept away as he was trying to get gas.