{"id":12191,"date":"2023-11-13T19:14:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=12191"},"modified":"2023-11-13T19:14:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:14:33","slug":"how-hurricane-otis-defied-forecasts-and-exploded-into-a-deadly-storm-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=12191","title":{"rendered":"How Hurricane Otis defied forecasts and exploded into a deadly storm overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“This year\u2019s El Ni\u00f1o<\/a>, coupled with ongoing climate change<\/a>, has amplified many of the drivers of hurricanes, and their destructive elements.”
…
“El Ni\u00f1o<\/a>,the warm phase of the Pacific Ocean\u2019s temperature cycle, has been especially strong this year, driving global air<\/a> and ocean temperatures<\/a> to levels never before recorded. Hurricanes require sea surface temperatures of 80 degrees Fahrenheit or more to form, so hotter weather tends to favor more hurricanes. In the Atlantic Ocean, El Ni\u00f1o also tends to create wind shear \u2014 wind coming from different directions or at different speeds \u2014 which usually suppresses hurricane formation, but the water temperatures have been so hot that hurricane activity in the Atlantic has still been above average<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Pacific, El Ni\u00f1o is much\u00a0more favorable to tropical storms<\/a>\u00a0(in the eastern Pacific, major tropical storms are called hurricanes, while in the west, they\u2019re known as typhoons). This year, the west coast of North America has already seen several hurricanes.\u00a0Hurricane Hilary<\/a>\u00a0struck California in August, and the winds from\u00a0Hurricane Dora<\/a>\u00a0fanned the flames of\u00a0wildfires in Hawaii<\/a>.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/climate\/23932000\/hurricane-otis-mexico-acapulco-rapid-intensification-extreme-climate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“This year\u2019s El Ni\u00f1o, coupled with ongoing climate change, has amplified many of the drivers of hurricanes, and their destructive elements.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“El Ni\u00f1o, the warm phase of the Pacific Ocean\u2019s temperature cycle, has been especially strong this year, driving global air and ocean temperatures to levels never before recorded. Hurricanes require sea surface temperatures of 80 degrees Fahrenheit or more to form, so hotter weather tends to favor more hurricanes. In the Atlantic Ocean, El Ni\u00f1o also tends to create wind shear \u2014 wind coming from different directions or at different speeds \u2014 which usually suppresses hurricane formation, but the water temperatures have been so hot that hurricane activity in the Atlantic has still been above average.
\nIn the Pacific, El Ni\u00f1o is much more favorable to tropical storms (in the eastern Pacific, major tropical storms are called hurricanes, while in the west, they\u2019re known as typhoons). This year, the west coast of North America has already seen several hurricanes. Hurricane Hilary struck California in August, and the winds from Hurricane Dora fanned the flames of wildfires in Hawaii.” <\/p>\n

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