{"id":87305,"date":"2026-10-09T07:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87305"},"modified":"2026-10-09T07:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:04:59","slug":"the-battle-between-el-nino-and-a-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/the-battle-between-el-nino-and-a-hurricane\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle Between El Nino And A Hurricane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/4d6373f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1788x1754+0+0\/resize\/599x588!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5d%2F19%2F0c2f79a227de7dc2c9ef8317e03d%2F46b60c95dd794f66b7ef31c4a9b18201\" alt=\"This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Isaias surging toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP)\" width=\"347\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A supersized El Ni\u00f1o\u2019s decapitating winds and the Gulf of Mexico\u2019s toasty, storm-fueling waters are battling over the future strength of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-isaias-gulf-atlantic-alabama-florida-mississippi-8244ca45b8d4c292350f00adfabb0967\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Hurricane Isaias<\/a><\/span>. And the storm\u2019s tilt and eye show who\u2019s winning.\u00a0It\u2019s called wind shear and it pushes the tops and middle of storms around, making them lopsided and keeping them from making a complete circular eyewall, which is when storms can really power up, Klotzbach and University at Albany\u2019s Kristen Corbosiero said.<\/p>\n<p>The other ingredients for a storm to turbocharge a storm are pushing back. There is plenty of fuel in warm water and moisture. The Gulf of Mexico is about 2.7 degrees (1.5 degrees Celsius) warmer than normal. \u201cBut there\u2019s a certain point where it\u2019s like, I don\u2019t care how hot the waters are and how much moisture you have, if shear gets to a certain point, the shear is gonna win,\u201d said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: A supersized El Ni\u00f1o\u2019s decapitating winds and the Gulf of Mexico\u2019s toasty, storm-fueling waters are battling over the.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87306,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87305\/revisions\/87306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}