Could El Niño mean there are no Atlantic hurricanes this year?

WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NUMBERS ON THIS BECAUSE I PUT MY DRINK DOWN WHEN I READ THAT NOT A SINGLE ATLANTIC HURRICANE FORMED IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER THIRTY YEARS, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE SEPTEMBER IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PEAK AND NOW WE MIGHT GET ZERO HURRICANES ALL SEASON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE ENTIRE SATELLITE ERA! AND THE WHOLE REASON IS THIS MASSIVE EL NIÑO CREATING CRAZY UPPER WIND SHEAR THAT LITERALLY SHREDS STORMS TO PIECES OVER THE ATLANTIC, BUT MEANWHILE THE PACIFIC IS RUNNING TWO AND A HALF TIMES MORE ACTIVE THAN NORMAL WITH BROKEN HEAT RECORDS AND SEVENTEEN NAMED STORMS INCLUDING NINE HURRICANES AND SEVEN MAJOR ONES! SO THE ATLANTIC JUST HAS FOUR WEAK TROPICAL STORMS AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ON THE HORIZON FOR WEEKS. ANYWAY THE DJ IS COOKING, LET US GO.

SO APPARENTLY, AND I AM STILL PROCESSING THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE ATLANTIC OCEAN DID NOT PRODUCE A SINGLE HURRICANE IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH HAS NOT HAPPENED IN OVER THIRTY YEARS, AND THE THING IS WE MIGHT ACTUALLY GO THE WHOLE SEASON WITH ZERO HURRICANES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE ENTIRE SATELLITE ERA! AND IT TURNS OUT A MONSTER EL NIÑO IS CAUSING CRAZY WIND SHEAR AT HIGH ALTITUDES THAT LITERALLY RIPS THUNDERSTORMS APART BEFORE THEY CAN FORM, SO WE ONLY GOT FOUR WEAK TROPICAL STORMS CALLED EDOUARD, FAY, GONZALO, AND HANNA, WHILE THE PACIFIC OCEAN BROKE TEMPERATURE RECORDS FROM 2015 AND HAS HAD SEVENTEEN NAMED STORMS WITH NINE HURRICANES BLOWING UP BECAUSE ALL THE ENERGY SHIFTED OVER THERE! AND WITH THE SEASON ENDING NOVEMBER THIRTIETH, WE MIGHT MATCH 1914. SORRY I TALKED FOR THAT LONG, THE SONG IS GOOD THOUGH.

A strong El Niño has suppressed Atlantic hurricane activity, resulting in zero September hurricanes and the potential for the first hurricane-free Atlantic season of the satellite era.

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