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Hurricane forecasters are reporting signs of a developing El Nino, a weather phenomenon that can significantly suppress the number of hurricanes over the upcoming six-month Atlantic season. An El Nino occurs when warm surface waters from the western Pacific Ocean are pushed to the eastern Pacific. The warmer surface waters cause upper-atmospheric storms and shearing winds that can thwart hurricane formation thousands of miles away in the Atlantic basin - the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]
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