Tame 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Hangs on Developing El Nino

Tame 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Hangs on Developing El Nino
A satellite image shows Tropical Storm Hanna, which is expected to strengthen to a hurricane, in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana on Oct. 27, 2020. NOAA/Handout via Reuters
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HOUSTON—A slightly below-average 2023 Atlantic hurricane season lies ahead with an El Nino weather phenomenon damping the storm outlook, a top U.S. hurricane forecaster said on Thursday.

El Nino, a weather system that forms from warm ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific, increases vertical wind shear, lessening or breaking up tropical storms.