Today, June 1, is the First Day of Hurricane Season 2014
This is supposed to be an El Nino year, as the forecast below for October-December 2014 shows. Forecast is from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society of Columbia University. Wind shear in El Nino years tends to be higher than average, and inhibits the formation of tropical cyclones.
About OpenHazards Bloggers
Steven Ward is a Research Geophysicist at
the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UC Santa Cruz. He specializes in the quantification and simulation of
natural hazards. Read Steve's blog.
John Rundle is a Distinguished Professor of Physics
and Geology at UC Davis and
the Executive Director of the APEC Collaboration for Earthquake Simulations. He
chaired the Board of Advisors for the Southern California Earthquake Center from 1994 to 1996. Read John's blog.