[ExI] oh no, not this again...

[Stuart LaForge]

Quoting BillK:

> Ars Technica has a worry about this also.
>
> <https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/this-should-be-the-absolute-peak-of-hurricane-season-but-its-dead-quiet-out-there/>
>
> They speculate.....
> So what has happened this year to cause a quiet season, at least so
> far? A detailed analysis will have to wait until after the season, but
> to date we've seen a lot of dust in the atmosphere, which has choked
> off the formation of storms. Additionally, upper-level winds in the
> atmosphere have generally been hostile to storm formation?basically
> shearing off the top of any developing tropical systems.
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>
> I suspect this is a weather man saying, 'Your guess is as good as mine'.  :)
>
> BillK

I suspect that all the water vapor still in the stratosphere from the  
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022 is largely  
responsible:

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/tonga-eruption-blasted-unprecedented-amount-of-water-into-stratosphere

All that humidity is the atmosphere is unprecedented and is probably  
equilibrating ocean and air temperatures to a certain degree, prevent  
cyclones.

Although BillK fanning himself to keep cool across the Atlantic might  
also be contributing via the butterfly effect. ;)

Stuart LaForge