Dr. Hernandez Ayala quoted (again) in Washington Post
Professor Hernandez Ayala explains why the Atlantic hurricane season may be extremely active this year.Read the article here:
Excerpts:
“That means the heat that will drive storm activity could already be all but locked in. If Atlantic temperatures surpass 2023 levels, “that’s very concerning,” said José Javier Hernández Ayala, an associate professor focusing on climatology at Sonoma State University in California.”
“We don’t know if these [ocean temperature] trends are going to continue,” he said. “If they do, that’s definitely going to be fueling more activity.”
“Exceptionally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, which have helped drive a growing number of storms to rapidly intensify into major hurricanes in recent years, will likely mean especially high storm risks for islands, including Puerto Rico, Central American countries and the U.S. Gulf Coast, said Hernández Ayala of Sonoma State University.”