http://polyscience.org/2005/09/hurricane-cycle/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:15:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://polyscience.org/2005/09/hurricane-cycle/#comment-189 polyscience.org » Global warming and Katrina Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:13:33 +0000 http://polyscience.org/?p=91#comment-189 [...] As I’ve written before, the hurricane cycle is an intricate dance of four cycles each within one another. Influences like El Nino and La Nina also play a small role in how severe a hurricane season can be. Remember that El Nino is the natural warming of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and that during this regular warming period, the hurricane season tends to be more mild. Although Katrina began as a relatively small hurricane that glanced off south Florida, it was supercharged with extraordinary intensity by the relatively blistering sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico. [...] [...] As I’ve written before, the hurricane cycle is an intricate dance of four cycles each within one another. Influences like El Nino and La Nina also play a small role in how severe a hurricane season can be. Remember that El Nino is the natural warming of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and that during this regular warming period, the hurricane season tends to be more mild. Although Katrina began as a relatively small hurricane that glanced off south Florida, it was supercharged with extraordinary intensity by the relatively blistering sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico. [...]

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