After Weeks of Inactivity, Federal Forecasters Eye 3 Potential Cyclones in the Atlantic The National Hurricane Center has announced that it's monitoring three potential cyclones in the Atlantic Basin.
Although the chances of these disturbances developing into full fledged hurricanes are still relatively low, their emergence marks a significant shift in the Atlantic hurricane season, which has been eerily quiet so far this year.
The near absence of tropical storms in the Atlantic can be attributed to the dominant influence of El Niño, a climate phenomenon characterized by abnormal warming of ocean waters in the Pacific.