Skip to main content
iss056e162821.jpg
Kelsey Ellis
Ellis

The official 2023 hurricane season forecasts were just released, and while the Atlantic may see an average storm season this year, a busier-than-normal season is forecast in the eastern Pacific, meaning heightened risks for Mexico and Hawaii. A big reason is El Niño.

El Niño typically means trouble for the Pacific and a break for the Atlantic coast and Caribbean. But while this climate phenomenon is highly likely to form this year, it isn’t a certainty before hurricane season ramps up this summer, and that makes it harder to know what might happen.

image-20230425-24-alohkh.jpg
Grondin

Kelsey Ellis, an associate professor of geography, and Nicholas Grondin, a recent Ph.D. graduate in geography, explain the forces affecting hurricanes and why this year could be hard to forecast.

Read the full article on The Conversation.

UT is a member of The Conversation, an independent source for news articles and informed analysis written by the academic community and edited by journalists for the general public. Through our partnership, we seek to provide a better understanding of the important work of our faculty.TheConversation_logo-1.jpg

Contact:

Cindi King (865-974-0937, cking126@utk.edu)