Hurricanes Hurricanes are large storms form over the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean.

There are different names people call storms, such as typhoons or cyclones, depending on where they occur. The scientific term for all these storms is tropical cyclone. Tropical cyclones need warm, moist air for fuel. The warm, moist air rises up from near the surface. Because this air moves up and away from the surface, there is less air left near the surface. To fill this gap air from high pressure areas goes to low pressure. As this pattern repeats and wind, cloud, and air mixing occurs. A storm system is formed. This rotates quicker and quicker until an eye of a storm appears. Hurricanes usually occur during late summer and autumn because of the heating of the ocean. Hurricanes require warm ocean water to form and due to this demand. They will not form when its winter or fall or spring because its condition is not met. Because of this it takes spring and a large portion of summer for the oceans to heat up enough to support significant hurricane activity. Then the cooler weather sets in and then the hurricanes cannot be formed again because the water cooled down.

El Nino An El Nio is a temporary change in the climate of the Pacific Ocean, in the area around the equator. In an El Nino the water in the eastern Pacific grows warmer. The warmer ocean then affects the winds. This continues in a cycle of warmer water and weaker winds. In a warm El Nino event, there is an increase of tropical storms and hurricanes in the eastern Pacific and a decrease in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. In conclusion, an El Nino will affect hurricanes, climate, and temperature.

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