Rare Atlantic Niña could tame hurricane season — even as powerful El Niño brews in Pacific

Source: New York Post

It’s boy meets girl. A rare weather phenomenon developing in the Atlantic Ocean could help put the brakes on this year’s hurricane season — even as a powerful El Niño churns in the Pacific, experts say. Meteorologists are closely watching the emergence of an Atlantic Niña, an uncommon cooling of sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Atlantic that can create conditions hostile to hurricane development.