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Are there more or less hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean during El Nino?
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Is the Atlantic ocean more likely to have a high number of hurricanes during an el nino?
No. El Nino usually produces low hurricane activity in the Atlantic by increasing wind shear, which intereferes with a hurricane's ability to organise.
Which condition is believed to be caused by el nino and effectively weakens hurricanes in the Atlantic ocean?
High wind shear
How do the waters of El Nino compare to the surrounding ocean?
El Nino produces wind shear over the tropical Atlantic in the region where storms off NW Africa try to mature into hurricanes
El Nino facts?
effect on the atlantic ocean
How do El Nino's impact hurricanes inthe Altantic Ocean?
El Nino reduces the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin primarily due to increased wind shear, which tends to tear the storms apart before they can really develop. In the Pacific, there is usually more activity, but it is focused further to the east in the Western Pacific, not moving west of Korea and Japan as much.
Is the Atlantic ocean more likely to have a high number of hurricanes during an el nino?
No. El Nino usually produces low hurricane activity in the Atlantic by increasing wind shear, which intereferes with a hurricane's ability to organise.
Which condition is believed to be caused by el nino and effectively weakens hurricanes in the Atlantic ocean?
High wind shear
How do the waters of El Nino compare to the surrounding ocean?
El Nino produces wind shear over the tropical Atlantic in the region where storms off NW Africa try to mature into hurricanes
El Nino facts?
effect on the atlantic ocean
How do El Nino's impact hurricanes inthe Altantic Ocean?
El Nino reduces the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin primarily due to increased wind shear, which tends to tear the storms apart before they can really develop. In the Pacific, there is usually more activity, but it is focused further to the east in the Western Pacific, not moving west of Korea and Japan as much.
What kind of weather pattern is caused by a strong El Nino?
The El Nino phase can cause an increase in number and intensity of hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin. It can cause severe floods in places such as southern California, and droughts in other locations.
What happend during the years of El Nino?
The pressure gradient decreases. drought conditions in Australia
Which ocean current flows along the western coast of south America?
west wind drift or the humboldt current
Why are el nino waters less dense than those of the surrounding ocean?
El Nino waters are less dense because the waters are warmer and warm water is less dense than cool water. Also, it constantly rains over the ocean during the El Nino, and rain water is less dense than ocean water.
What natural event slows or reverses surface ocean currents of the pacific ocean?
El Nino (~over the n)
El Nino is a condition that brings increased precipitation to the eastern Pacific Ocean basin when?
El Nino brings increase precipitation to the eastern Pacific Ocean during the late winter. It also increases precipitation in the early spring in the Eastern Pacific.
How can el nino be prevented?
The El Nino can not be prevented. The El Nino bounces from South America across the Pacific Ocean and then across the Indian ocean to Africa and then bounces back to South America. Another name for it is "The southern ocean oscillation."
